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to iu yon (wa) 497
(He is politely insolent rather than polite.)
efi r-*lr> wdt- aCw)m. v,
@iORYb2PPa@kb>j k bC2, 4pL3W-~f?kBj~3f?,
(We should say that his explanation is insufficient rather than concise.)

gbi, ~$ikb> b ti, ~~~b~b>~$kb>j~~TLf:~
k
j
(I felt that my father was a good friend rather than a father.)
fbW< Sri '*
4&12~Wkkkb+ L b 12, e-9+.X?2fZ0
(He is a businessman rather than a college professor.)
-7A 3;i
6~;3-cb>;f
+~td&h~-it~, &ji;i-wak~>j d: 9 12, ~-~!s~s~T~
-it 0
(I'm a teacher, but I am learning (lit. I have the privilege of being
allowed to study) rather than teaching.)
0
&O%?&~~~@B%LT~>& 12, 4pL5, %f-?d.L~r/r&,
kblj
k
(That mother is pampering her child rather than loving him.)
It C
~7lP,+l ltCL
%&k%LTb>& k, %&B LTb>& kblj 1 12, -%mk:%ehH
b
~L-CL~Z, k~>~f:Bef?,
-
(When I talk with him I feel that unilaterally I am forced to listen to his
talk rather than being engaged in conversation.)
+L@U+,Lf?kbaj k b, 6 ~5f,%O%.h.'$L~d.lf -C&l:A,T-itif.
(It's more of a case of her having invited herself than me having
invited her.)

1. X to iu yori wa Y is used when the speaker 1 writer chooses what he
believes to be a more accurate characterization of s.o or s.t. over
another.
2. X to iu yon wa Y usually takes a topic as shown in KS and Exs.(a) - (h)
but there are cases when it does not take a topic as in Ex.@.
3. X to iu yon wa Y often takes the form of X to iu yo-
adverb rnushiro makes the meaning of 'rather' more explicit.
4. The past tense is usually specified once at the end of the sentence, as
shown in Ex.@).