兎も角

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
  • 兎(と)も角(かく)も (tomokaku mo): anyhow, anyway, somehow or other, generally speaking

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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