むしろ
Frequency rank: 651.
- rather; better; instead; if anythingword usually written using kana alone
adverb (fukushi)
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- rather; better; instead; if anything
"むしろ" is used to express a preference for one option over another, to indicate that something is better or more preferable.
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Example sentences
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I had expected stronger resistance from the enemy but if anything there are less of them as we advance to the centre... Don't you think that's strange?
In fact, I've heard that long hair is more likely to go bald!
The role of the historian is less to discover and catalog documents than to interpret and explain them.
Frankly speaking, he is more of a hypocrite than a patriot.
To put it frankly, he is a critic rather than a writer.
My mother was not feeling any better. If anything, she looked worse.
Poverty keeps together more homes than it breaks up.
Some people say that travel by air is rather economical.
Some people say that traveling by plane is rather economical.