または
または · mataha · JLPT N4 · conjunction
or
又は = mata (again) + wa (topic): or, taking it again another way
Written 又は in kanji. 又 (mata) means again or also, and は is the topic particle, read wa here. So the word literally says: as for another go at it, i.e. the alternative. Formal or, common in forms and rules.