兎も角

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
兎 角
と
Jinmeiyō 		かく
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Adverb

兎(と)も角(かく) • (tomokaku) 

  1. anyhow, anyway, in any case
    ともかく会(あ)いましょう。
    Tomokaku aimashō.
    Anyhow, I guess I'll meet him.
    ともかく気(き)にくわない。
    Tomokaku ki ni kuwanai.
    Anyhow, I don't like it.
  2. ( は兎も角) setting aside
    AはともかくBは相当珍(そうとうめずら)しい
    A wa tomokaku B wa sōtō mezurashii
    setting aside A, B is quite rare

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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