Illustration: At a Japanese ceramics class, a maker presents a small animal sculpture with pointed cat ears, a short doglike muzzle, faint whiskers, and an ambiguously curled tail. Beside it sit two simple reference figurines, one clearly a cat and the other clearly a dog.

JLPT N2expressionLevel estimated by Bebop

どちらかというと

dochira ka to iu to

if anything, rather

Example sentences

  1. どちらかと言いうと行いきたくない。

    I would rather not go.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれは、どちらかというと、分別ふんべつのある人ひとだ。

    He, if anything, is a sensible man.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 今晩こんばんはどちらかというと映画えいがに行いくより家いえにいたい。

    I would rather stay at home than go to the movies tonight.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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