"寧ろ" meaning in Japanese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "寧ろ",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "寧",
          "むし"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mushiro",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "むしろ"
      },
      "expansion": "寧(むし)ろ • (mushiro)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I rather think of it this way.",
          "roman": "Watashi wa mushiro kono yō ni kangaeru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ],
            [
              "寧",
              "むし"
            ],
            [
              "考",
              "かんが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "私は寧ろこのように考える。"
        },
        {
          "english": "Instead of making it myself, I can buy it for cheaper.",
          "ref": "2007, 新時代日漢辭典／新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局／大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú)",
          "roman": "Jibun de tsukuru yori mushiro katta hō ga yasui.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "自",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "分",
              "ぶん"
            ],
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ],
            [
              "寧",
              "むし"
            ],
            [
              "買",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "方",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "安",
              "やす"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "自分で作るより寧ろ買った方が安い。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rather, instead"
      ],
      "id": "en-寧ろ-ja-adv-ztlgm3K1",
      "links": [
        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
        ],
        [
          "instead",
          "instead"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むしろ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ᵝɕiɾo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "寧ろ"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "寧ろ",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "寧",
          "むし"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mushiro",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "むしろ"
      },
      "expansion": "寧(むし)ろ • (mushiro)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
        "Japanese adverbs",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese terms written with one Han script character"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I rather think of it this way.",
          "roman": "Watashi wa mushiro kono yō ni kangaeru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ],
            [
              "寧",
              "むし"
            ],
            [
              "考",
              "かんが"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "私は寧ろこのように考える。"
        },
        {
          "english": "Instead of making it myself, I can buy it for cheaper.",
          "ref": "2007, 新時代日漢辭典／新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局／大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú)",
          "roman": "Jibun de tsukuru yori mushiro katta hō ga yasui.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "自",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "分",
              "ぶん"
            ],
            [
              "作",
              "つく"
            ],
            [
              "寧",
              "むし"
            ],
            [
              "買",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "方",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "安",
              "やす"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "自分で作るより寧ろ買った方が安い。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rather, instead"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
        ],
        [
          "instead",
          "instead"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "むしろ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ᵝɕiɾo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "寧ろ"
}