or
either or
Structure
- い-Adj[
い] + かれ + い-Adj Antonym[い] + かれ
早 かれ 遅 かれ - sooner or later
多 かれ 少な かれ - more or less, to a greater or lesser extent
良 かれ 悪し かれ - good or bad, for better or worse
[The AかれBかれ construction is used only with a small group of い-adjectives in set expressions meaning “whether ____ or _____”]
[
Remember that あしい, an older version of the adjective for “bad,” is used instead of 悪い:warning:]