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Pronunciation / Transliteration: tonikaku
"とにかく、今日は早く帰りましょう。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Used to resume a topic after a digression, or to dismiss previous conversation and return to the main point.
"Anyway, let's get back to the main agenda of the meeting." - 2
In any way or manner; regardless of circumstances or conditions.
"The weather was terrible, but we went for a walk anyhow."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of the determiner 'any' (from Old English 'ǣniȝ') and the noun/adverb 'how' (from Old English 'hū'). Recorded since the early 16th century, it originally meant 'in any manner whatsoever' before evolving into a common discourse marker used to resume a topic or dismiss previous digressions.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Anyhow" is said worldwide
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de toute façon
Transliteration: de toot fah-sawn
"Il pleuvait, mais nous sommes sortis de toute façon."
jedenfalls
Transliteration: ye-den-falls
"Jedenfalls freue ich mich auf das Treffen."
comunque
Transliteration: kom-qunq-we
"Comunque sia, dobbiamo andare avanti."
de todos modos
Transliteration: de to-dos mo-dos
"De todos modos, el proyecto fue un éxito."
de qualquer maneira
Transliteration: de kaw-quair-ee ma-nair-a
"De qualquer maneira, precisamos terminar isso hoje."
खैर
Transliteration: khair
"खैर, अब हमें आगे बढ़ना चाहिए।"
无论如何
Transliteration: wú lùn rú hé
"无论如何，我们都要尝试一次。"
아무튼
Transliteration: amuteun
"아무튼 내일 다시 이야기합시다."
とにかく
Transliteration: tonikaku
"とにかく、今日は早く帰りましょう。"
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