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どうも [ichi1]
1. [int] [abbr]
▶ thank you
▶ thanks
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1612720 どうも有難う 1. thank you very much
2. [adv]
▶ much (thanks)
▶ very (sorry)
▶ quite (regret)
3. [adv]
▶ quite
▶ really
▶ mostly
4. [adv]
▶ somehow
5. [adv]
▶ in spite of oneself
▶ try as one might
▶ no matter how hard one may try (to, not to)
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1466950 【どうしても】 1. by all means; at any cost; no matter what; at any rate; surely
6. [int]
▶ greetings
▶ hello
▶ goodbye



History:
15. A 2018-05-27 01:24:11  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
A bit more of an English idiom.
  Diff:
@@ -35,2 +35,2 @@
-<gloss>try as one wills</gloss>
-<gloss>no matter how hard one may try (to/not to)</gloss>
+<gloss>try as one might</gloss>
+<gloss>no matter how hard one may try (to, not to)</gloss>
14. A* 2018-05-26 04:13:39  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
OK, so it means "when used with verb in the affirmative, it's especially common as どうも~しまう"
I get (now) what the note is trying to convey, but considering the sense is most commonly accompanied by a negated verb (daijr even makes a note of 
it: "(多く打ち消しの語を伴って)"), I think it's overly confusing. Out of the 10 example sentences for this sense in daij and GG5, only 2 are not 
with negated verbs, but neither is in the form of どうも~しまう(gg5 "どうもねえ" and daijr "どうも失敗ばかりする")
  Diff:
@@ -34 +33,0 @@
-<s_inf>in positive sense, esp. どうも〜しまう</s_inf>
@@ -36,2 +35,2 @@
-<gloss>no matter how hard one may try (one is unable to)</gloss>
-<gloss>no matter how hard one may try not to (one ends up doing)</gloss>
+<gloss>try as one wills</gloss>
+<gloss>no matter how hard one may try (to/not to)</gloss>
13. A* 2018-05-25 23:10:39  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I took it to mean that in spite of xxxx it still happened. 
Using line breaks shouldn't matter in the "Meanings" box, but it seems at the moment they are a problem. Better just to keep typing and let the browser fold the text.
12. A* 2018-05-25 10:06:34  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
sense 5, again: "in positive sense, esp. どうも〜しまう"
What does "in positive sense" mean here?
_
Also, the odd character seems to get inserted whenever a line is too long to be displayed without an enter break in the "meanings" box, for 
me. This never happened before, might it have something to do with a recent update or something? (I'm using Chrome/Win 10)
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<gloss>thank you</gloss>
11. A 2018-05-25 07:54:11  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Another odd character.
  Diff:
@@ -36 +36 @@
-<gloss>no matter how hard one may try not to (one ends up 
doing)</gloss>
+<gloss>no matter how hard one may try not to (one ends up doing)</gloss>
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