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JLPT N2 · Adverb

どうせ (douse)

どうせ is a Japanese adverb meaning “in any case; regardless”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
どうせ
Romaji
douse
Word class
Adverb
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. in any case; regardless; either way; after all; no matter what · adverb · indicates inevitability of outcome, resignation or scorn
  2. since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless · adverb · followed by a conditional, or as ～...だから

Example sentences

どうせやるなら上手にやれ。
If you do it at all, do it well.
Tatoeba #201388
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!
Tatoeba #76527

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

Source: JMdict entry 1008950 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.