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或いは [ichi1] ；或るいは [sK]
【あるいは [ichi1] 】

[conj] [uk]
▶ or
▶ either ... or

Cross references:
	⇐ see: 2835707 或は【あるは】 2. or; either ... or

[adv] [uk]
▶ maybe
▶ perhaps
▶ possibly

[adv] [uk]
《as あるいは...あるいは...》
▶ some ... and others ...
▶ sometimes ... and at other times ...

Cross references:
	⇐ see: 2835707 或は【あるは】 1. some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

History:

8.	A 2023-02-17 07:16:36 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7.	A* 2023-02-17 06:04:11 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Google N-gram Corpus Counts ╭─ーーーー─┬────────────┬───────╮ │ 或いは　 │ 1,366,524 │ 7.6% │ │ 或るいは │ 2,645 │ 0.0% │ - io to sK │ あるいは │ 16,694,308 │ 92.4% │ ╰─ーーーー─┴────────────┴───────╯
	Diff:	@@ -10 +10 @@ -<ke_inf>&io;</ke_inf> +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
6.	A 2020-04-24 01:15:23 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5.	A* 2020-04-23 23:01:46 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5, prog, daij
	Comments:	I think this is clearer for sense 3.
	Diff:	@@ -32,2 +32,3 @@ -<gloss>sometimes</gloss> -<gloss>some</gloss> +<s_inf>as あるいは...あるいは...</s_inf> +<gloss>some ... and others ...</gloss> +<gloss>sometimes ... and at other times ...</gloss>
4.	A 2018-05-23 01:57:28 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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3.	A* 2018-05-23 00:41:59 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	koj, daij, etc. for pos
	Comments:	following our general practice of using daijs/daijr for okurigana, 或るいは should be io (only gg5 has it)
	Diff:	@@ -9,0 +10 @@ +<ke_inf>&io;</ke_inf> @@ -16 +16,0 @@ -<pos>&adv;</pos> @@ -18 +17,0 @@ -<pos>&exp;</pos> @@ -25,2 +23,0 @@ -<pos>&conj;</pos> -<pos>&exp;</pos> @@ -34,2 +30,0 @@ -<pos>&conj;</pos> -<pos>&exp;</pos>
2.	A 2018-05-23 00:37:57 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	this is merged only on the basis of io, which we generally try to avoid, right? (also 或は is not io for あるは). i think this has to be split
	Diff:	@@ -9,4 +8,0 @@ -<keb>或は</keb> -<ke_inf>&io;</ke_inf> -</k_ele> -<k_ele> @@ -18,4 +13,0 @@ -</r_ele> -<r_ele> -<reb>あるは</reb> -<re_restr>或は</re_restr>
1.	A* 2018-04-30 23:14:46 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Daijr, GG5 (both split). N-grams: 或いは 1366524 或は 250431 或るいは 2645 <- in GG5
	Comments:	For sense 3 GG5 gives examples: あるいは川に飛び込み, あるいは林に駆け込み, 追っ手から逃れようとした. Some dove into the river and some ran into the forest in order to escape their pursuers. あるいは毅然として, あるいは柔軟に問題に対処する. He is sometimes rigid and sometimes flexible in coping with problems.
	Diff:	@@ -10,0 +11,3 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>或るいは</keb> @@ -25,0 +29,9 @@ +<gloss>either ... or</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&adv;</pos> +<pos>&conj;</pos> +<pos>&exp;</pos> +<misc>&uk;</misc> +<gloss>maybe</gloss> +<gloss>perhaps</gloss> @@ -27,0 +40,8 @@ +<sense> +<pos>&adv;</pos> +<pos>&conj;</pos> +<pos>&exp;</pos> +<misc>&uk;</misc> +<gloss>sometimes</gloss> +<gloss>some</gloss> +</sense>

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