とかく (tokaku)

anyhow, anyway, somehow or other, generally speaking, in any case, this and that, many, be apt to

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Meaning

兎角 (とかく, tokaku) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “anyhow, anyway, somehow or other, generally speaking, in any case, this and that, many, be apt to”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

急いそぐととかく 失敗しっぱいしがちだ

If you hurry it's easy to make mistakes.

事故じこはとかく 起おこりがちなもの。

Accidents will happen.

とかくするうちに 年としが 明あけた。

A new year began meanwhile.

事実じじつをありのままに 述のべなさい。

One is apt to think oneself faultless. State the facts as they are.