むしろ
Meanings
Adverb
Usually written in kana
1. rather; better; instead; if anything
Pitch accent
しろ
Top 700
Examples (44 in total)
Tom actually seems happy.
I would rather stay here.
I would rather have a coffee.
I would prefer an honorable death.
I'd rather take a taxi than walk.
I'd rather stay home than go alone.
I'd rather ride my bike than walk.
I would rather walk than wait for the next bus.
He is a teacher rather than a writer.
She is more gentle than kind.
I would rather stay at home than go out.
He is not so much a teacher as a scholar.
The problem is not so much the cost as the time.
I would rather die than live in disgrace.
Brown is not so much a writer as a scholar.
He is not so much a journalist as a scholar.
Paul is not so much a singer as a composer.
He likes tennis rather than basketball.
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.
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.
The parents, rather than the children, are to blame.
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.
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.
I'd rather not spend so much money on clothes.
He went to France not so much for sightseeing as for observation.
I'd rather stay home than go on the school trip.
It's not so much the heat as the humidity that makes me tired.
To put it frankly, he is a critic rather than a writer.
Frankly speaking, he is more of a hypocrite than a patriot.
I would rather go to the movie alone than have Bob come with me.
I would rather starve than work under him.
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.
I would choose honor before money.
It is not so much money as fame that he wanted.