Illustration: At an apartment entrance, a resident is already wearing outdoor shoes and holding a shopping tote containing empty returnable bottles. One hand rests on the open door. Their housemate hurries over with a small parcel and offers it toward the tote, pointing along the same route outside.

どうせ

douse

since you’re doing it anyway

Example sentences

どうせやるなら上手じょうずにやれ。
If you do it at all, do it well.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
どうせ結婚式けっこんしきをやるのだったら、悔くいの残のこらない最高さいこうの結婚式けっこんしきにしたい！
If I’m going to have a wedding ceremony, I want it to be the best ever so I have no regrets!
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
どうせやるからには上手じょうずにやるようにしなさい。
If you do it at all, try to do it well.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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