N31569/1669

寧むしろ

irregular okuriganausually written using kana aloneadverb

むしろ

rather, better, instead, if anything

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Example sentences

これは難むずかしいというより、むしろ面倒めんどうくさい問題もんだいだ。

Rather than difficult, this is more of a troublesome problem.

彼女かのじょは悲かなしいというより、むしろ怒おこっているようだ。

She seems angry rather than sad, if anything.

タクシーに乗のるより、むしろ歩あるいたほうが早はやい。

Rather than taking a taxi, it's faster to walk.

そんな仕事しごとを続つづけるくらいなら、むしろ辞やめたほうがいいと思おもう。

If you're going to keep doing that kind of work, I think it would be better to quit instead.

失敗しっぱいを恥はじるよりも、むしろそこから学まなぶことに意義いぎがある。

Rather than being ashamed of failure, there is greater meaning in learning from it.

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

price, cost; value, worth, merit

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)