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とかく (tokaku)

anyhow, anyway, apt to

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とかく (tokaku) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “anyhow, anyway, apt to”.

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急いそぐととかく失敗しっぱいしがちだ

If you hurry it's easy to make mistakes.

とかくするうちに年としが明あけた。

Meanwhile, a new year began.

事故じこはとかく起おこりがちなもの。

Accidents will happen.

男の子おとこのこはとかく危険きけんを冒おかすものだ。

Boys will run risks.

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