ともかく
N2 tomokaku
- anyhow
- anyway
- somehow or other
- generally speaking
- in any case
adverb
Also written 兎も角
Chinese meanings
总之;姑且不论
Examples
- ともかく合格してうれしい。I'm glad to have passed at all.总之,通过考试让我很高兴。
- 顔はともかく、気立てはとてもいい子だよ。Looks aside, she is very good-natured.长相姑且不论,她是个性格很好的孩子。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('21706ca86c'); // ともかく
{
"id": "21706ca86c",
"word": "ともかく",
"reading": "ともかく",
"romaji": "tomokaku",
"meanings": [
"anyhow",
"anyway",
"somehow or other",
"generally speaking",
"in any case"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1444010,
"other_forms": [
"兎も角"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ともかく合格してうれしい。",
"furigana": "ともかく{合格|ごうかく}してうれしい。",
"en": "I'm glad to have passed at all.",
"tatoeba_id": 199774
},
{
"ja": "顔はともかく、気立てはとてもいい子だよ。",
"furigana": "{顔|かお}はともかく、{気立|きだ}てはとてもいい{子|こ}だよ。",
"en": "Looks aside, she is very good-natured.",
"tatoeba_id": 183637
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "dc529bf30e739d5905fdfcfaec800a87d98c6252a1057228ed2907f6ba94842e",
"meanings": [
"总之",
"姑且不论"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ともかく合格してうれしい。",
"zh": "总之,通过考试让我很高兴。"
},
{
"ja": "顔はともかく、気立てはとてもいい子だよ。",
"zh": "长相姑且不论,她是个性格很好的孩子。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/21706ca86c",
"JMdict ent_seq 1444010; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "615a372740f1e4d951129ec264aeae0d1844ab9f978be356925d491c56c67e47"
}
}