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What does "ないしは"mean?
Could you provide an example sentence or some added context? Thank you.
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it can be translated as "or".
This is an example from Yahoo news: 株式市場参加者、ないしは債券市場参加者のどちらかが 間違っている Im not good at English to translate the sentence, but the author of the article used this form, A, ないしはBが間違っている。=A or B are mistaken This news article is about financing. I think the word ないし is often seen in formal writing because people don't casually use it. hope this will help you |
Also, "ないし" is sometimes used to indicate numeric range.
株価は1200円ないし1800円の間で上下している。 I think "ないし" means "among the things within a range". When it is applied to two objects, it means "or". |
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