Word Meaning と言うより

というより toiuyori

と言うより is read as というより (toiuyori) and means rather than.

Meaning

English

  1. rather than

Reading

Kana

というより

Romaji

toiuyori

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 79454 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

と言う

という

all ...

と言えば

といえば

speaking of ...

と言うもの

というもの

something like ...

言いなり

いいなり

doing as one is told

言いがかり

いいがかり

statement that cannot be retracted

一言

いちげん

single word

言語

げんご

language

言う

いう

to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping")

Example Sentences

9

She is more pretty than beautiful.

She is not so much a singer as a comedian.

The knight is not so much brave as reckless.

Rather than coming to resemble each other, it feels like they are birds of a feather.

Nancy is kind rather than gentle.

Nancy is kind rather than gentle.

It's more polite to say thin than skinny.

That's because Shintoism and Buddhism are practiced in their daily customs instead of as their religion.

In English, "I am good" usually means "I am a good person" (I don't do bad things). It can also mean "I am doing well" or "I am OK", but in this case, we would tend to say "I'm fine" instead.