JLPT N1 · Noun / adverb

とかく (tokaku)

とかく is a Japanese noun / adverb meaning “(doing) various things; (doing) this and that”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
とかく
Romaji
tokaku
Word class
Noun + する (suru verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. (doing) various things; (doing) this and that · adverb, suru verb · usually written in kana
  2. being apt to; being prone to; tending to · adverb · usually written in kana
  3. at any rate; anyhow; anyway · adverb · usually written in kana
  4. all sorts of (negative things); various · noun taking の · usually written in kana
  5. things that do not exist; rabbit horns · noun · idiom

Example sentences

あの人にはとかくのうわさがあった。
There were some unsavory rumors about him.
運動が健康の鍵であるのを私たちはとかく忘れがちだ。
We tend to forget that exercise is a key to good health.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of とかく

Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionaryとかくするとかくする tokakusuru
Polite (~masu)とかくしますとかくします tokakushimasu
Negativeとかくしないとかくしない tokakushinai
Polite negativeとかくしませんとかくしません tokakushimasen
Pastとかくしたとかくした tokakushita
Polite pastとかくしましたとかくしました tokakushimashita
Negative pastとかくしなかったとかくしなかった tokakushinakatta
Te-formとかくしてとかくして tokakushite
Potentialとかくできるとかくできる tokakudekiru
Passiveとかくされるとかくされる tokakusareru
Causativeとかくさせるとかくさせる tokakusaseru
Volitionalとかくしようとかくしよう tokakushiyou
Imperativeとかくしろとかくしろ tokakushiro
Conditional (~ba)とかくすればとかくすれば tokakusureba

Source: JMdict entry 1444050 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.