とかく

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
兎角
左右
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Pronunciation

Adverb

とかく • (tokaku) 

  1. being apt to; being prone to; tending to
    焦(あせ)ってやるととかく失(しっ)敗(ぱい)しがちだ。
    Asette yaru to tokaku shippaishi gachi da.
    You are prone to lose if you start to panic.
  2. (in the form of とかくの (tokaku no)) all sorts of (negative things); various
    あの人(ひと)にはとかくの批(ひ)判(はん)がある。
    Ano hito ni wa tokaku no hihan ga aru.
    There are all sorts of criticism toward that person.
  3. this and that
    とかくするうちに一(いち)日(にち)たった
    tokaku suru uchi ni ichinichi tatta
    one day has passed by doing this and that
  4. anyway, anyhow
    Synonym: とにかく (tonikaku)

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Noun

とかく • (tokaku) 

  1. (idiomatic, Buddhism) things that do not exist; rabbit horns

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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