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Keyword
a certain
  • some
  • one
  • or
  • possibly
Frequency
#2378
Strokes
8
Grade
9
Heisig
2234
Readings
ワク
コク
イキ
あ.る
あるい
あるいは
Mnemonic
At the armory you tell the clerk with your mouth that you want one dagger-axe, only a certain one, with a doodle on it.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
或あるいは
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; possibly; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
Conjunction
或ある
a certain ...; some ...
Pre-noun adjectival
或ある程てい度ど
to some extent; to a certain extent
Expression
或あるは
some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...; or; either ... or
Adverb