<entry id="2192848" stat="R" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1443990</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>兎に角</keb>
<ke_inf>&ateji;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>とにかく</reb>
<re_pri>ichi1</re_pri>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&adv;</pos>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<gloss>anyhow</gloss>
<gloss>at any rate</gloss>
<gloss>anyway</gloss>
<gloss>somehow or other</gloss>
<gloss>generally speaking</gloss>
<gloss>in any case</gloss>
<gloss>at least</gloss>
<gloss>thoroughly</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2013-06-26 23:18:15" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>winnie</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I just ran across this use of the word, which I hadn't encountered before.  In this sense, it is similar to 少なくとも, as in this example from the first reference link:  

彼は学問はできるかどうか知らないがとにかく勉強はする
I don't know whether he is a good scholar or not, but he works hard, at least.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AB%E3%81%8B%E3%81%8F  
http://www.dictjuggler.net/yakugo/?word=%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AB%E3%81%8B%E3%81%8F</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -22,0 +22,1 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;at least&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-06-27 00:19:33" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-11-06 07:17:05" stat="A">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>兎に角	390298
とにかく	18014311</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -7 +6,0 @@
-&lt;ke_pri&gt;ichi1&lt;/ke_pri&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-06-25 17:47:48" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Sam Bett</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Can be used as an intensifier</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>https://tennenseikatsu.jp/_ct/17519170
https://cookpad.com/recipe/6877806</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -21,0 +22 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;thoroughly&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-06-25 21:29:38" stat="R">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Duplicate</upd_detl>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>