マシ – Vocabulary details

マシ

Adjective (な)

Usually written in kana

1. better; preferable; less objectionable; least-worst

esp. マシ

これなら難むずかしい問もん題だいの方ほうがまだマシかもしれない。If it's like this, the difficult problems might actually be better.

Suffix

2. more; increase; extra

Archaic

Noun

3. increase; growth

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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

それが一いち番ばんマシな答こたえだ。

That is the least-worst answer.

理り想そうには遠とおいが、それでもこの前まえよりもマシだろう。

It's far from ideal, but it's probably still better than last time.

変へんな宗しゅう教きょうみたいなものにすがるよりよっぽどマシだよ。

It's far better than clinging to some weird religion or something.

これなら難むずかしい問もん題だいの方ほうがまだマシかもしれない。

If it's like this, the difficult problems might actually be better.

どうせ誤ご魔ま化かすなら、もっとマシな言いい訳わけをしてほしかった。

If you were going to cover it up anyway, I wish you had come up with a better excuse.

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