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なにしろ

N2
nanishiro
  1. at any rate
  2. anyhow
  3. anyway
  4. in any case
adverb

Also written 何しろ

Chinese meanings

毕竟;总之

Chinese notes

なにしろ可用于说明原因,带“毕竟”的语气。

Examples

  • 彼かの女じょはうまくゆかなかったが、なにしろ初はじめてのことだったからね。
    She did not succeed, but after all that was her first attempt.
    她没做成功,但毕竟是第一次嘛。
  • なにしろ、独り者で。
    I'm still single.
    毕竟是单身。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f699a2ccb4'); // なにしろ
{
  "id": "f699a2ccb4",
  "word": "なにしろ",
  "reading": "なにしろ",
  "romaji": "nanishiro",
  "meanings": [
    "at any rate",
    "anyhow",
    "anyway",
    "in any case"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1188330,
  "other_forms": [
    "何しろ"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼女はうまくゆかなかったが、なにしろ初めてのことだったからね。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}はうまくゆかなかったが、なにしろ{初|はじ}めてのことだったからね。",
      "en": "She did not succeed, but after all that was her first attempt.",
      "tatoeba_id": 93161
    },
    {
      "ja": "なにしろ、独り者で。",
      "en": "I'm still single.",
      "tatoeba_id": 199101
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "23e195bec0b0f88cd3adf04266fb5cb54fa72a968b7c3ce1db4bf687e0ae42df",
    "meanings": [
      "毕竟",
      "总之"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼女はうまくゆかなかったが、なにしろ初めてのことだったからね。",
        "zh": "她没做成功,但毕竟是第一次嘛。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "なにしろ、独り者で。",
        "zh": "毕竟是单身。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/f699a2ccb4",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1188330; 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",
    "notes": "なにしろ可用于说明原因,带“毕竟”的语气。",
    "review_hash": "d8d0673cfb66c3cd4b87db6ace7f655a1ce057bbe411165ebfc8a6d262bacb1c"
  }
}