マシ
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Usually written in kana
1. better; preferable; less objectionable; least-worst
esp. マシ
If it's like this, the difficult problems might actually be better.
Suffix
2. more; increase; extra
Archaic
Noun
3. increase; growth
Pitch accent
マ
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Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
better than nothing; better than none at all
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
extra (charge, fare, etc.); premium; bonus; (after a number) tenths increase
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
better than nothing; better than none at all
photo reprint
building addition or extension; an annex
doubling
increasing daily; increasing day by day; foodstuffs left out for many days
increasing the number of stitches (knitting)
better than nothing; better than none at all
price hike; mark-up
better than nothing; better than none at all
Examples (5 in total)
That is the least-worst answer.
It's far from ideal, but it's probably still better than last time.
It's far better than clinging to some weird religion or something.