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寧むしろ

N3
むしろ mushiro
  1. rather
  2. better
  3. instead
adverb

Chinese meanings

宁可;倒不如

Examples

  • 今日はむしろ外出したくない。
    I would rather not go out today.
    今天我倒是不想出门。
  • 私わたしは、むしろコーヒーを飲のみたい。
    I would rather have a coffee.
    我更想喝咖啡。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('060e802c68'); // 寧ろ
{
  "id": "060e802c68",
  "word": "寧ろ",
  "reading": "むしろ",
  "romaji": "mushiro",
  "meanings": [
    "rather",
    "better",
    "instead"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1604870,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "今日はむしろ外出したくない。",
      "en": "I would rather not go out today.",
      "tatoeba_id": 171717
    },
    {
      "ja": "私は、むしろコーヒーを飲みたい。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}は、むしろコーヒーを{飲|の}みたい。",
      "en": "I would rather have a coffee.",
      "tatoeba_id": 162309
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "fa0b6cb1cf5d9bc1348ef8d8111040b7814e6f3175d59539628f8870d5b14f7b",
    "meanings": [
      "宁可",
      "倒不如"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "今日はむしろ外出したくない。",
        "zh": "今天我倒是不想出门。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "私は、むしろコーヒーを飲みたい。",
        "zh": "我更想喝咖啡。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/060e802c68",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1604870; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "b13e61e53970814761d5dbd18de3f5da78b295ec8af15192022a6aac0e9de652"
  }
}