でないと

Kana: でないと

otherwise; or else

Example sentence

急いでください。でないと遅れますよ。

いそいでください。でないとおくれますよ。

Please hurry, otherwise you'll be late.

What でないと means

でないと (でないと) is an Japanese word meaning “otherwise; or else”. It belongs to the Grammar & Phrases topic and appears at Level 3, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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