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JLPT N3adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

むしろ

mushiro

rather, instead

Example sentences

  1. 先生せんせいというよりむしろ学者がくしゃだ。

    He is not so much a teacher as a scholar.

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  2. 私わたしはむしろここにいたい。

    I would rather stay here.

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  3. バスよりむしろ歩あるきたい。

    I’d rather walk than take a bus.

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