<entry id="2093212" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2847981</ent_seq>
<r_ele>
<reb>こそすれ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&conj;</pos>
<pos>&prt;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="2747770">こそあれ</xref>
<s_inf>used for contrasting phrases</s_inf>
<gloss>and</gloss>
<gloss>although</gloss>
<gloss>but</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2021-01-16 21:46:03" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Rick Papo</upd_name>
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<upd_detl>I really don't know how you guys want to give for the meaning for this, as it seems to be something where the precise translation very much depends on the context.  But you probably want to connect it 
with the definition for こそあれ.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>https://jlptsensei.com/learn-japanese-grammar/%E3%81%93%E3%81%9D%E3%81%99%E3%82%8C-koso-sure-meaning/</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-01-30 04:24:18" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
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<upd_detl>Yes, it's very hard to have a concise definition. Reverso reports 28 sentence pairs but the meanings are a mess. I think Rick's proposed meaning is about as good as any.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>こそすれ	49602
こそあれ	75950</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -4,3 +3,0 @@
-&lt;k_ele&gt;
-&lt;keb&gt;こそすれ&lt;/keb&gt;
-&lt;/k_ele&gt;
@@ -12,0 +10 @@
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="2747770"&gt;こそあれ&lt;/xref&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-01-30 12:24:39" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_detl>but I'm not sure what that means.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -10,0 +11 @@
+&lt;s_inf&gt;used for contrasting phrases&lt;/s_inf&gt;
@@ -13 +14 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;but (used for contrasting phrases)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;but&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-02-08 23:10:40" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
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<upd_detl>こそ can be a problem. Closing now.</upd_detl>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>