むしろ
Meanings
Adverb
Usually written in kana
1. rather; better; instead; if anything
Rather, this is an opportunity.
Pitch accent
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Examples (82 in total)
Performance has actually improved.
Actually, if anything, I wanted to cry.
I would rather stay here.
Rather, wouldn't it provoke the other party?
That kind of thing is actually a nuisance to those around you.
Rather, this is an opportunity.
I would rather be deceived than to deceive.
I think it is rather I who should say thank you.
I'd rather order beer.
Rather, it was I who received the help.
Rather, the possibility of a reversal remains.
I would prefer an honorable death.
Rather, it even looks like they are talking happily.
I'd rather stay home than go alone.
I would rather walk than wait for the next bus.
I'd rather ride my bike than walk.
I would rather live alone in the country.
He is a teacher rather than a writer.
I would choose honor before money.
She is more gentle than kind.
I would rather stay at home than go out.
If anything, please focus on strengthening our foundation.
I'd rather take a taxi than walk.
He is not so much a teacher as a scholar.
He is not so much a politician as a scholar.
The problem is not so much the cost as the time.
Rather, I even feel respect for you.
He is not so much a scholar as a poet.
I actually don't use visual information much.
Rather, he is unusually cheerful.
The time spent in the bedroom has actually increased.
I would rather go to the art museum than to the movie theater.
If anything, I'm the one who must expose my father's crimes.
I would rather die than live in disgrace.
Rather, it is the current world's standard that is strange.
Brown is not so much a writer as a scholar.
He is not so much a journalist as a scholar.
He likes tennis rather than basketball.
Paul is not so much a singer as a composer.
I'd rather play football than go swimming.
He is not so much a scholar as a popular writer.
I'd rather study than play today.
You know, aren't we actually getting along better than before I got dumped?
I'd rather be a bird than a fish.
I would rather stay at home than go out in the rain.
I would rather stay at home than go shopping.
Rather, I felt as if I had been liberated from all sorts of things.
Now, rather, I feel as if the distance between the two of them is growing.
The parents, rather than the children, are to blame.
No, if anything, I think this is thoughtfulness itself.
It was rather a gaze that seemed to mourn or regret something.
Rather, I am proud of myself for being able to respond so firmly like this.
I think he is not so much a scholar as a novelist.
It is not his illness that ruined him so much as his idleness.
It is not so much money as fame that he wanted.
Some people say that traveling by plane is rather economical.
I would rather play tennis than swim.
He is not so much a professor as a school teacher.
Mr Baker is not so much a scholar as a writer.
Children imitate their friends rather than their parents.
It must be said that two and a half hours is rather short.
Rather, one who leads the troops would answer so.
And yet, I can't calm down at all; rather, my feelings are becoming more disturbed.
We would probably get more useful data by using it in the field instead.
It's actually rude to hold back when competing in a game.
He went to France not so much for sightseeing as for observation.
I'd rather stay home than go on the school trip.
I'd rather not spend so much money on clothes.
Rather, it is stranger that there have been no calls until now.
Honestly, you're the one who's starting to seem like small fry.
Rather, I was glad to be able to spend time with her.
It's not so much the heat as the humidity that makes me tired.
Their furniture was chosen for utility rather than style.
To put it frankly, he is a critic rather than a writer.
Frankly speaking, he is more of a hypocrite than a patriot.
So, does that mean monkeys are actually rare in this world?
I would rather go to the movie alone than have Bob come with me.
I would rather starve than work under him.
I thought I had definitely made him angry, but instead, he seemed rather amused.
It might actually be easy for people who rely on their instincts.
A man's worth should be judged by his character rather than by his social position.
Such things often happen by accident rather than by design.