Meaning of どうせ in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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どうせJLPT 2
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Romajidōse
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adverb (fukushi)
- Meaning
- anyhow; in any case; at any rate; after all; at best; at most; at all
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Example Sentences
どうせ used in context
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あんたらの名前なんか興味ないね。どうせこの仕事が終わるとお別れだ。
I don't care what your names are. Once this job's over, I'm out of here.
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どうせ駄作だろうと思っていたのだけど、どっこいなかなかいい本だった。
I was expecting it to be a bad book, but damn me if it wasn't quite good after all.
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どうせ結婚式をやるのだったら、悔いの残らない最高の結婚式にしたい!
If I'm going to have a wedding ceremony, I want it to be the best ever so I have no regrets!
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どうせ、妙子さんが怖がって、有利さんも道連れにしようとしたんでしょ。
I'm sure Taeko was scared and tried to get Yuri to go along with her.
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どうせ、時間に関わらず、俺が先に来てなかったら、さっさとネカフェへ行く腹積もりだったんだろう。
No doubt, regardless of the time, she was planning to go to the net café without me if I hadn't arrived first.
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家主は、この3日間暖房がきかなかった理由をあれこれ並べ立てたが、どうせ見え透いたウソだった。
The landlord told me a cock and bull story about why we didn't have heat for three days.
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