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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

ともかく

N2
tomokaku
  1. anyhow
  2. anyway
  3. somehow or other
  4. generally speaking
  5. in any case
adverb

Also written 兎も角

Chinese meanings

总之;姑且不论

Examples

  • ともかく合ごう格かくしてうれしい。
    I'm glad to have passed at all.
    总之,通过考试让我很高兴。
  • 顔かおはともかく、気き立だてはとてもいい子こだよ。
    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"
  }
}