寧ろ
N3むしろ mushiro
- rather
- better
- 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。
- 私は、むしろコーヒーを飲みたい。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"
}
}