<entry id="2299704" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2136650</ent_seq>
<r_ele>
<reb>であれ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<gloss>no matter (what, who, etc.)</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<s_inf>as ...であれ...であれ</s_inf>
<gloss>whether ... or ...</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="1008340">である</xref>
<s_inf>imperative form of である</s_inf>
<gloss>be</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2007-01-21 00:00:00" stat="A">
<upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-04-28 09:17:48" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marko Juhanne</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+&lt;/r_ele&gt;
+&lt;r_ele&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;であろうと&lt;/reb&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-04-28 18:17:02" stat="A">
<upd_uid>stephen</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>であろうと isn't compatible with the third sense here.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>であれ and であろうと are commonly grouped together into a grammar point in JLPT study guides.
https://jlptsensei.com/learn-japanese-grammar/%E3%81%A7%E3%81%82%E3%82%8C-%E3%81%A7%E3%81%82%E3%82%8D%E3%81%86%E3%81%A8-de-are-de-arou-meaning/</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -6,3 +5,0 @@
-&lt;/r_ele&gt;
-&lt;r_ele&gt;
-&lt;reb&gt;であろうと&lt;/reb&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-05-01 00:29:52" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Not a conjunction.
"should" isn't right for sense 3.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>daijs, wisdom</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -8,2 +8,7 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;conj;&lt;/pos&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;even if&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;exp;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;no matter (what, who, etc.)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;/sense&gt;
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;exp;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;s_inf&gt;as ...であれ...であれ&lt;/s_inf&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;whether ... or ...&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -13,5 +18 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;(it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...)&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;whatever&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;/sense&gt;
-&lt;sense&gt;
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;conj;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="1008340"&gt;である&lt;/xref&gt;
@@ -19 +20 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;should&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;be&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-05-01 00:31:12" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -17 +17 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;conj;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;exp;&lt;/pos&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-05-01 01:23:02" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>