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88 examples found containing 'ませ' (results also include variant forms and possible homonyms)

かったけれども、あの

ならまだましだった。

Bad as it was, it could have been worse.

しいのなら

んだほうがましだ。

Death is preferable to such suffering.

は

の

よりましな

を

んだ。

She wanted a better job than cleaning office floors.

パン

でもないよりはまし。

Half a loaf is better than none.

は

を

るよりはむしろ

するほうがましだ。

I would sooner starve than betray him.

くともやらないよりはまし。

Better late than never.

のオリンピックは

だったけど、イベントがうまくいったと

えるだけましだ。

While the Olympics this year were a lot of trouble, at least we can say that the events went smoothly.

Source: Japan Times

あんな

と

するくらいなら

がましだ。

I might as well die as marry such a man.

ボロいアパートだけど、

が

いだけまし。

It's a run-down apartment, but I should be grateful that the rent is cheap.

の

を

すくらいなら

んだほうがましだ。

I would rather die than conceal my belief.

ちゅうとはんぱ

にやるくらいなら、やらない

がましだ。

You may as well not do it at all than do it imperfectly.

アメリカへ

くくらいなら、

にいるほうがましだ。

You might as well stay at home as go to America.

と

するぐらいなら

がましだ。

I would rather die than marry him.

にお

を

すくらいなら

に

がましだ。

You might just as well throw your money into the sea as lend it to him.

そんな

と

するぐらいなら

んだほうがましだ。

I might as well die as marry such a man.

くなっても

もないよりはまし。

Better late than never.

はそれをするくらいなら

んだほうがましだ。

I may as well die as do it.

に

を

すぐらいなら

に

がましだ。

You might just as well throw your money into the sea as lend it to him.

のものを

むぐらいなら

んだほうがましだ。

I would rather die than steal from others.

に

をやるくらいならむしろどぶに

がましだ。

You had as well throw your money into the ditch as give it to him.

そんな

を

むくらいなら、

をするほうがましだよ。

You may as well take a nap as read such a magazine.

のバスを

つくらいなら

がましだ。

We may as well walk as wait for the next bus.

は

く

きるくらいなら

んだほうがましだ。

He would sooner die than get up early every morning.

に

を

すくらいなら

に

てるほうがましだ。

You might as well throw your money into the sea as lend it to her.

くともしないよりまし。

Better late than never.

くつじょく

を

きるくらいなら

がましだ。

I would rather die than live in dishonor.

の

で

がましだ。

I would rather quit than work under him.

ギャンブルに

を

うくらいなら、

がましだ。

You might as well throw your money away as spend it on gambling.

するくらいなら

がましだ。

I would sooner die than give up.

そんなことをするくらいなら

んだほうがましだ。

I might as well die as do such a thing.

Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.

Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.

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