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    3. 如何しても

    如何しても

    如ど何うし​て​も​

    by all means

    N1KMT7CoreAdverbCore ConceptsKanji Vocab18 strokes

    どうしても

    Adverb

    1.
    by all means, at any cost, no matter what, at any rate, surely
    word usually written using kana alone
    2.
    whether (one is) willing or not, willingly or unwillingly, willy-nilly
    word usually written using kana alone
    3.
    on no account, by no means
    word usually written using kana alone
    4.
    in the end, in the long run, after all, eventually
    word usually written using kana alone

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    如ど何うしてもこの本ほんが読よみたい。

    I really want to read this book no matter what.

    KMT5Core ConceptsDaily Life
    彼かれは如ど何うしても自じ分ぶんの意い見けんを曲まげなかった。

    He absolutely refused to change his opinion.

    KMT7Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    如ど何うしても鍵かぎが見みつからない。どこに置おいたんだろう。

    I just can't find my keys. Where could I have put them?

    KMT7Core ConceptsDaily Life
    一いち度ど、如ど何うしても京きょう都とへ行いきたいと思おもっている。

    I really want to go to Kyoto at least once.

    KMT7Core ConceptsTravel & Transportation
    如ど何うしても成せい功こうさせたいプロジェクトなので、全ぜん力りょくを尽つくすつもりだ。

    Since it's a project I absolutely want to succeed, I intend to give it my all.

    KMT8Core ConceptsWork & Career

    Characters that make up this word

    如
    ごと.し…(6)
    likeness・like・such as・as if・better…(2)
    Kanji
    何
    なに・なん・なに-・なん-…(2)
    what
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
    て
    te
    Kana
    も
    mo
    Kana
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