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ともかく (tomokaku)

anyhow, anyway, somehow or other, generally speaking, in any case

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 1

Meaning

兎も角 (ともかく, tomokaku) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “anyhow, anyway, somehow or other, generally speaking, in any case”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

ともかく一いち度ど考かんがえ直なおしましょう。

At any rate, let's think about this once again.

ともかく会あいましょう。

Anyhow I will see him.

ともかく来きてください。

Anyway, please come.

ともかく気きにくわない。

Anyway, I don't like it.

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