兎も角

Japanese

Kanji in this term
兎	角
と Jinmeiyō	かく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ともかく [tóꜜmòkàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [to̞mo̞ka̠kɯ̟]

Adverb

兎(と)も角(かく) • (tomokaku)

anyhow, anyway, in any case
ともかく会(あ)いましょう。
Tomokaku aimashō.
Anyhow, I guess I'll meet him.

ともかく気(き)にくわない。
Tomokaku ki ni kuwanai.
Anyhow, I don't like it.
([…] は兎も角) setting aside
AはともかくBは相当珍(そうとうめずら)しい
A wa tomokaku B wa sōtō mezurashii
setting aside A, B is quite rare

Derived terms

兎(と)も角(かく)も (tomokaku mo, “anyhow, anyway, somehow or other, generally speaking”)

Related terms

兎(と)にも角(かく)にも (to ni mo kaku ni mo)
とかく (tokaku)
兎(と)に角(かく) (tonikaku)
兎(と)や角(かく) (toyakaku)
ともあれかくもあれ (to mo are kaku mo are)
ともあれ (to mo are)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN