あるいは
Meanings
Conjunction
1. or; either ... or (Usually kana, は is pronounced as わ)
Adverb
2. maybe; perhaps; possibly (Usually kana)
3. some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ... (Usually kana, as あるいは...あるいは...)
Other spellings
或いは
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
あるいは
Examples19
ガス
Do you cook by gas or electricity?
１００
I don't know how things were a hundred or fifty years ago.
あるいは
Perhaps that's true.
たいていの
Most people judge men only by their success or their good fortune.
残りの６
For the other 600 million people, English is either a second language or a foreign language.
明日
It may possibly be fine tomorrow.