Illustration: A family caught in rain stands beside a community center entrance with one inside out umbrella and another whose ribs are tangled together. Two relatives are still comparing the broken umbrellas with puzzled expressions.

ともかく

tomokaku

anyway, in any case

Example sentences

ともかく、君きみの知しったことではない。
In any case, it’s none of your business.
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ともかく約束やくそくを破やぶるのはよくありません。
In any case, it’s wrong to break a promise.
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ともかく来きてください。
Anyway, please come.
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