私はもっと敵の抵抗があると踏んでたんだけど、むしろ中枢に進むほど敵が減ってきてる・・・。おかしいと思わないかしら？

tbd

I had expected stronger resistance from the enemy but if anything there are less of them as we advance to the centre... Don't you think that's strange?

むしろロン毛のほうが禿げやすいって聞いたぞ。

tbd

In fact, I've heard that long hair is more likely to go bald!

歴史家の役割は資料の発見や分類よりも、むしろその解釈と説明にある。

tbd

The role of the historian is less to discover and catalog documents than to interpret and explain them.

率直に言えば、彼は愛国者というよりはむしろ偽善者だ。

tbd

Frankly speaking, he is more of a hypocrite than a patriot.

率直に言うと、彼は作家というよりはむしろ批評家だ。

tbd

To put it frankly, he is a critic rather than a writer.

問題は費用よりもむしろ時間だ。

问题不在于费用，而在于时间。

The problem is not so much the cost as the time.

問題は費用よりむしろ時間だ。

tbd

The problem is not so much the cost as the time.

問題は、その本質よりもむしろ外観である。

tbd

The question is not so much what it is as how it looks.

木曜日よりむしろ金曜日においでいただきたい。

tbd

I would rather you came on Friday than on Thursday.

母の加減は少しもよくなっていなかった。むしろ悪くなっているようだった。

tbd

My mother was not feeling any better. If anything, she looked worse.