jmdict 2136650 Active (id#2299704)
であれ
  1. [exp]
    • no matter (what, who, etc.)
  2. [exp]
    《as ...であれ...であれ》
    • whether ... or ...
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 2139670 誰であれ【だれであれ】 1. whoever
    • ⇐ see: 2139680 何であれ【なんであれ】 1. whatever; no matter what
    • ⇐ see: 2139690 どうであれ 1. however; whatever
    • ⇐ see: 2139700 どこであれ 1. wherever
  3. [exp]
    《imperative form of である》
    • be
    Cross references:
    • ⇒ see: 1008340 である 1. be; is
History:
    • A 2024-05-01 01:23:02 Jim Breen (id#2299704)
    • A* 2024-05-01 00:31:12 Robin Scott (id#2299702)
    • Diff
      @@ -17 +17 @@
      -<pos>&conj;</pos>
      +<pos>&exp;</pos>
    • A* 2024-05-01 00:29:52 Robin Scott (id#2299701)
    • Comments
      Not a conjunction.
      "should" isn't right for sense 3.
    • Refs
      daijs, wisdom
    • Diff
      @@ -8,2 +8,7 @@
      -<pos>&conj;</pos>
      -<gloss>even if</gloss>
      +<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>
      @@ -13,5 +18 @@
      -<gloss>(it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...)</gloss>
      -<gloss>whatever</gloss>
      -</sense>
      -<sense>
      -<pos>&conj;</pos>
      +<xref type="see" seq="1008340">である</xref>
      @@ -19 +20 @@
      -<gloss>should</gloss>
      +<gloss>be</gloss>
    • A* 2024-04-28 09:17:48 Marko Juhanne (id#2299515)
    • Diff
      @@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
      +</r_ele>
      +<r_ele>
      +<reb>であろうと</reb>
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