JLPT Taisaku 18#もしくは／若しくは

もしくは／若しくは

Meaning

or; otherwise

Example:

雷が光ったそのあと「くわばらくわばら]と唱えたもしくは,唱える人を見たことがあるだろう。

I expect you've chanted "kuwabara kuwabara" after a lightning flash, or have seen somebody do so.

「違う違う僕らは求めてる笑顔は穴じゃない」それは「嗤い」もしくは「嘲笑」

"No, no! That isn't the smiling face we are looking for." It was a 'smirk' either that or a 'sneer'.

７０年もしくは８０年が人間の普通の寿命期間である。

Seventy or eighty years is the normal span of a man's life.

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