N31643/1669

どうしても

rarely used kanji formusually written using kana aloneexpressionadverb

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Meanings

  • by all means, at any cost, no matter what, at any rate, surely
  • whether (one is) willing or not, willingly or unwillingly, willy-nilly
  • on no account, by no means
  • in the end, in the long run, after all, eventually

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Example sentences

どうしてもあきらめられないゆめがある。

There is a dream I absolutely cannot give up.

どうしても彼女かのじょいたくて、とおくまでった。

I went all the way to see her, no matter what it took.

この問題もんだいどうしてもけなかった。

No matter what I tried, I couldn't solve this problem.

どうしてもかなければならない用事ようじがあります。

There is something I absolutely must attend to.

かれどうしても自分じぶんみとめようとしなかった。

He stubbornly refused to acknowledge his own fault, no matter what.