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jmdict 1343300 Active (id: 2062973)
所詮 [spec1] 所せん
しょせん [spec1] そせん [ok]
1. [adv]
▶ after all
▶ in the end
▶ anyway
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2843315 詮ずる所【せんずるところ】 1. after all; in the end; in short; given due consideration; when all is said and done
2. [adv]
《with neg. sentence》
▶ (cannot) possibly
▶ (not) at all
▶ (not) by any means
▶ (not) ever



History:
6. A 2020-03-31 14:32:56  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Prog and 中辞典 also have 2 senses.
  Diff:
@@ -22,0 +23,9 @@
+<gloss>anyway</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adv;</pos>
+<s_inf>with neg. sentence</s_inf>
+<gloss>(cannot) possibly</gloss>
+<gloss>(not) at all</gloss>
+<gloss>(not) by any means</gloss>
+<gloss>(not) ever</gloss>
5. A* 2020-03-31 11:29:03  dine <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
daijr and daijs have only one adverbial sense:
https://kotobank.jp/word/所詮-534790
but nikk and 斎藤 have two, based on whether the adverb is used in positive or negative sentences:
https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/所詮
do we split?
  Diff:
@@ -21,0 +22 @@
+<gloss>in the end</gloss>
4. A 2016-05-31 10:25:02  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Certainly.
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,4 @@
+<ke_pri>spec1</ke_pri>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>所せん</keb>
@@ -8,0 +13 @@
+<re_pri>spec1</re_pri>
3. A* 2016-05-31 10:02:35  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
ngrams 1382661
  Comments:
prio tag?
2. A 2012-10-03 23:27:26  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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