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かく

usually written using kana aloneadverbnoun or participle taking the aux. verb するverb (generic)noun (generic)noun taking the genitive case particle のadjective (generic)idiomatic expressionBuddhismnoun

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Meanings

  • (doing) various things, (doing) this and that
  • being apt to, being prone to, tending to
  • at any rate, anyhow, anyway
  • all sorts of (negative things), various
  • things that do not exist, rabbit horns(literal)

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Example sentences

とかく人生じんせいおもとおりにいかないものだ。

Anyhow, life doesn't always go the way you want.

彼女かのじょとかくわすものをしがちで、まわりをこまらせている。

She tends to forget things and causes trouble for those around her.

現代げんだい社会しゃかいでは、とかくストレスがまりやすい環境かんきょうかれがちだ。

In modern society, one is apt to be placed in an environment where stress tends to accumulate.

とかくこのみにくいと、漱石そうせき小説しょうせつにはかれている。

It is written in Soseki's novel that this world is, all in all, a difficult place to live.

政治せいじ世界せかいではとかくスキャンダルがえず、国民こくみん信頼しんらいそこないやすい。

In the world of politics, scandals of all sorts never cease, and public trust tends to be easily undermined.