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どうせ (どうせ) - N2 vocabulary
anyhow,in any case,at any rate

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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.

どうせお前は。 You're only foolin' round.

どうせまたふんぞり返って威張っているだけなのだから。 As he's just up on his high horse again.

どうせやるからには上手にやるようにしなさい。 If do you it at all, try to do it well.

どうせやるなら上手にやれ。 If you do it at all do it well.

どうせ英語をやるのなら徹底的にやれ。 If you learn English at all, learn it thoroughly.

どうせ英語を習うなら徹底的に学びなさい。 At any rate, if you learn English, study it thoroughly.

どうせ行くんでしょ。 Anyway, whatever I say, you are going to go.

どうせ日本文化の粋などは連中には絶対わかるまい。 The essence of Japanese culture could never be appreciated by them.

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.

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 cafe without me if I hadn't arrived first.

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.

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!

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.

そうだ、どうせなら散歩がてらに、林道に行ってプチ森林谷でも・・・。 I know, as we're going for a walk we could go along the forest path and to the forest mini-valley or something?

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