expression:

• it is better to do things shoddily yet sincerely rather than to cleverly deceive - proverb

expression:

• rather than

noun:

• governing by law and reason rather than by military force

noun / adjectival noun:

• being rather confused; looking somewhat dismayed (perturbed) - four character idiom

noun:

• sake sold in a cup rather than a bottle; drinking sake from a regular-size cup rather than from a small sake cup

adjective:

• chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold

noun:

• Argument for Leaving Asia; editorial written in 1885 by Fukuzawa Yukichi arguing that Japan should align itself with the West rather than China and Korea; Datsu-A Ron

expression:

• function over aesthetics; dumplings rather than flowers [literal] - idiom

expression:

• very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day ➜ 三度の飯より好き【さんどのめしよりすき】

~の noun:

• plump; rather overweight

adjective:

• provoking; rather annoying
• (speaking ironically) darling

expression:

• very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day [literal]

adjective:

• somewhat kind; rather gentle - archaism

adverb:

• expressly; specially; doing something especially rather than incidentally

expression / adverb:

• or perhaps I should say; or more precisely; or, how should I put it; or rather ➜ ってゆうか

noun:

• disguised contracting; fake subcontract; hiring a temporary employee and paying for the completion of the work rather than the work itself, thereby avoiding have to pay benefits

noun:

• sencha tea ceremony; Way of Sencha Tea; Chinese-influenced Japanese tea ceremony using leaf tea rather than powdered tea, assoc. with the Ōbaku school of zen ➜ 煎茶【せんちゃ】・黄檗宗【おうばくしゅう】

noun:

• luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence; something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment

noun / ~の noun:

• (actor) relying on acting skills (rather than good looks, etc.)

noun:

• looking up a word or kanji by its reading (rather than by its radical or stroke count)
• katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark - colloquialism ➜ 長音符【ちょうおんぷ】

noun:

• collectivism (giving priority to a group rather than any individual member)

adjectival noun:

• discursive (i.e. proceeding by argument or reasoning rather than intuition)

noun / ~の noun:

• initiative taken by politicians (in the formulation of a policy or bill) (rather than by bureaucrats) - four character idiom

noun:

• sexual intercourse permitted (by a woman) due to a sense of obligation (rather than desire) - slang

noun / ~する noun:

• wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist) - slang