"若しくは" meaning in Japanese

See 若しくは in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: [mo̞ɕi̥kɯ̟ β̞a̠] Forms: 若しくは [canonical] (ruby: ()), moshiku wa [romanization]
Etymology: もし (moshi, “if”) + く (ku, adverbial suffix) + は (ha, topic-marking particle). Calque of Literary Chinese 若. Etymology templates: {{ja-com|もし||く||は|pos2=adverbial suffix|pos3=topic-marking particle|t1=if}} もし (moshi, “if”) + く (ku, adverbial suffix) + は (ha, topic-marking particle), {{calque|ja|lzh|若}} Calque of Literary Chinese 若 Head templates: {{ja-pos|conjunction|もしく は}} 若(も)しくは • (moshiku wa)
  1. or Synonyms: または, あるいは, 乃至
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        "2": "",
        "3": "く",
        "4": "",
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        "pos3": "topic-marking particle",
        "t1": "if"
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      "expansion": "もし (moshi, “if”) + く (ku, adverbial suffix) + は (ha, topic-marking particle)",
      "name": "ja-com"
    },
    {
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        "3": "若"
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    },
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    }
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    }
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          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
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          "word": "または"
        },
        {
          "word": "あるいは"
        },
        {
          "word": "乃至"
        }
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "other": "もしくは"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞ɕi̥kɯ̟ β̞a̠]"
    }
  ],
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}
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    {
      "args": {
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    },
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    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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        "Japanese terms derived from Literary Chinese",
        "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
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        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "または"
        },
        {
          "word": "あるいは"
        },
        {
          "word": "乃至"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "もしくは"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mo̞ɕi̥kɯ̟ β̞a̠]"
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 若しくは meaning in Japanese (1.7kB)

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