what is "or" in Japanese ?
what is "or" in Japanese ? it like we want to say : this one or that one ? what is in the Japanese?

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officially,or=あるいは(a lu i wa)
but, in daily life we often say nouns first, then use the word"どち(do chi)", which means"which"

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Japanese isn't that simple. You need to be far more specific.

or = それとも

But there are plenty of other ways to say it.

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or=または（ma ta wa)、それとも、あるいは

this one or that one ?＝これですか？　それとも　あれですか？
⇒in this case， 'or' is unnessesary to transrate ,so　'this one or that one ?’＝ これですか？あれですか？

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but how about "matawa" ?? can we use that ?

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