Grammar - Grade 2 List View

Review these list items to study and edit your keyphrase and other memory aids.
Grammar Point
conjunction
conj 
word usually written using kana alone
uk 
A Keyphrase should be a short phrase that brings to mind and helps to remember the information on this frame.
または

or, either ... or ...

Noun 1 または Noun 2

または is a formal conjunction used to present two or more options, choices, or possibilities. It can connect nouns or entire sentences.

Noun + または + Noun

When used between two nouns, it indicates a choice between the two items.

Pen or pencil.

Japanese or English.

Note

または is primarily used in formal writing, legal documents, or polite speech. In casual conversation, か or それとも is more common. When using it with nouns, it indicates that either one of the items is acceptable.

Sentence 1。または Sentence 2。

または can also be used to connect two independent sentences or clauses, indicating that either the first situation or the second situation will occur.

Sentence + 。または + Sentence

This structure provides an alternative action or state to the one previously mentioned.

Please call. Or, please send an email.

I will go. Or, my friend will go.

Note

When connecting sentences, または usually appears at the beginning of the second sentence to offer an alternative to the first.

Words: 
又はまたは
Radicals of radicals