Lingaku増し【まし】
Frequency rank: 23,055. – 23,173. (for form マシ: 2,499.)
- better; preferable; less objectionable; least-worstword usually written using kana aloneesp. マシ
- more; increase; extra
- increase; growtharchaism
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
noun, used as a suffix
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
- 増し【まし】【マシ】Frequency rank: 23,055. – 23,173.
- ましFrequency rank: 7,182. – 7,191.
- マシFrequency rank: 2,499.
Example sentences
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Better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you're not.
Even disaster is better than such a divorce between emotion and action.
You may as well burn your money as spend it on lottery tickets.
One may as well not know a thing at all, as know it but imperfectly.
She wanted a better job than cleaning office floors.
She didn't come to help, but to hinder us.
You might as well throw your money into the sea as lend it to her.
He would sooner die than get up early every morning.
He will not listen to any of us; you might as well talk to a figure of stone.
I would rather live by myself than do as he tells me to do.
You might just as well throw your money into the sea as lend it to him.
You might just as well throw your money into the sea as lend it to him.
You had as well throw your money into the ditch as give it to him.
You might just as well throw your money into the sea as lend it to him.