兎も角

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ともかく [tóꜜmòkàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [to̞mo̞ka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adverb

兎も角 (hiragana ともかく, rōmaji tomokaku)

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.

Derived terms

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

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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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