<entry id="2193207" stat="A" 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>anyway</gloss>
<gloss>anyhow</gloss>
<gloss>at any rate</gloss>
<gloss>in any case</gloss>
<gloss>at least</gloss>
<gloss>just</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&adv;</pos>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<s_inf>as ...は〜 or ...なら〜</s_inf>
<gloss>setting aside ...</gloss>
<gloss>regardless of ...</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&adv;</pos>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<misc>&col;</misc>
<gloss>really</gloss>
<gloss>truly</gloss>
<gloss>certainly</gloss>
<gloss>definitely</gloss>
<gloss>undeniably</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 17:47:36" 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 21:29:52" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-06-27 19:58:34" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>That might be meikyo's sense 2. I think the nuance of "とにかくおいしい" (from Sam's links) is "there are other things you could say about this food but one thing's for sure: it's tasty". It's not merely an intensifier. The distinction between this usage and sense 1 is rather fine.
Added sense.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>gg5, prog, daij
meikyo: 〔俗〕他の事柄をすべて無視して、それだけに話題を絞り込む意を表す。なんてったって。なにしろ。「━、今日は暑いなあ」「━、残業続きで疲れたよ」</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;anyway&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -17,3 +17,0 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;anyway&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;somehow or other&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;generally speaking&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -22 +20,18 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;thoroughly&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;just&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;/sense&gt;
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adv;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;s_inf&gt;as ...は〜 or ...なら〜&lt;/s_inf&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;setting aside ...&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;regardless of ...&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;/sense&gt;
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adv;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;col;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;really&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;truly&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;certainly&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;definitely&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;undeniably&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-06-27 22:09:57" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>