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JLPT N4 · Certainty & attitude

どうせ

anyway; after all

Stroke order of どうせ

3 characters, 9 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

ど · 4 strokesう · 2 strokesせ · 3 strokes

Memory trick

DOUSE — 'dough-say': dough, say what you want, it's pointless anyway.

Parts: adverb; resigned, anyway

The characters in どうせ

  • ど ど — do (4 strokes)
  • う う — u (2 strokes)
  • せ せ — se (3 strokes)

Example sentence

どうせ時間がありません。

どうせじかんがありません。

Anyway, there is no time.

More words: Certainty & attitude

かならずwithout failもしかしたらperhaps; possiblyやはりas expected; after allやっぱりas expected; after allまさかsurely not; no wayせっかくwith much trouble; speciallyわざわざgoing out of one's wayわざとon purposeなるべくas much as possibleちゃんとproperly; neatly

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