Word · 単語
増し
Reading まし
better
- 1 better, preferable, less objectionable, least-worst — esp. マシ
- 2 more, increase, extra
- 3 increase, growth
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
遅くともしないよりまし。
Better late than never.
sense 1 · better
非会員は50ドル増しとなります。
Non-members pay an additional 50 dollars.
sense 2 · more
天気は今日の方が少しはましだ。
The weather is a shade better today.
sense 1 · better
死ぬ方が屈辱を受けるよりもましだ。
Death is preferable to dishonor.
sense 1 · better
君はもっとましな地位にあるべき人だ。
You belong in a better place than this.
sense 1 · better