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jmdict 2136650 Active (id: 2299704)

であれ
1. [exp]
▶ no matter (what, who, etc.)
2. [exp]
《as ...であれ...であれ》
▶ whether ... or ...
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2139670 誰であれ【だれであれ】 1. whoever
  ⇐ see: 2139680 何であれ【なんであれ】 1. whatever; no matter what
  ⇐ see: 2139690 どうであれ 1. however; whatever
  ⇐ see: 2139700 どこであれ 1. wherever
3. [exp]
《imperative form of である》
▶ be
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1008340 である 1. be; is



History:
6. A 2024-05-01 01:23:02  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2024-05-01 00:31:12  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -17 +17 @@
-<pos>&conj;</pos>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
4. A* 2024-05-01 00:29:52  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
daijs, wisdom
  Comments: 
Not a conjunction.
"should" isn't right for sense 3.
  Diff: 
@@ -8,2 +8,7 @@
-<pos>&conj;</pos>
-<gloss>even if</gloss>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<gloss>no matter (what, who, etc.)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<s_inf>as ...であれ...であれ</s_inf>
+<gloss>whether ... or ...</gloss>
@@ -13,5 +18 @@
-<gloss>(it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...)</gloss>
-<gloss>whatever</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&conj;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1008340">である</xref>
@@ -19 +20 @@
-<gloss>should</gloss>
+<gloss>be</gloss>
3. A 2024-04-28 18:17:02  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
であれ and であろうと are commonly grouped together into a grammar point in JLPT study guides.
https://jlptsensei.com/learn-japanese-grammar/であれ-であろうと-de-are-de-arou-meaning/
  Comments: 
であろうと isn't compatible with the third sense here.
  Diff: 
@@ -6,3 +5,0 @@
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>であろうと</reb>
2. A* 2024-04-28 09:17:48  Marko Juhanne <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>であろうと</reb>
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