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When asking, "which is better," in Japanese, I could write どっちがマシ？
However マシ has a negative connotation, implying that even though something is better it's still undesirable.
What's a word like マシ that I could use when asking "which is better?" that doesn't have this negative connotation?
You can say
どちらがよい?
どっちがいい? [Colloquial]
without negative connotation. Or, if you want to imply that both are good, and want to ask Which is even better?
どちらがよりよい?
どっちがよりいい? [Colloquial]
