Japanese はともかく(として)grammar hatomokaku (toshite)
Let’s learn Japanese はともかく(として)grammar hatomokaku (toshite) :
JLPT level : N3
Formation :
Nはともかく（として）
Meaning and how to use :
“Skip something to do another that is more neccessary”
For example
大きい首都に住んでいるのは、交通の便利さはともかく物価がとても高いです。
ōkii shuto ni sun de iru no wa, kōtsū no benri sa wa tomokaku bukka ga totemo takai desu.
Living in a big city, regardless of convenience,price of everything is very high
外国を勉強するとき、文法はともかく、話せるかどうかのことがもっと大切です。
gaikoku o benkyō suru toki, bunpō wa tomokaku, hanaseru ka dō ka no koto ga motto taisetsu desu.
When you study a foreign language, regardless of grammar, whether you can or not talk is more important.
タイの料理は味はともかく、色を見るだけで食べたいと思う。
tai no ryōri wa aji wa tomokaku, iro o miru dake de tabe tai to omou.
Thai food, regardless of how it tastes, we want to eat them just by seeing their colour.
このパソコンを買わないでください。性能はともかくとても大きくて持ちにくいですよ。
kono pasokon o kawa nai de kudasai. Seinō wa tomokaku totemo ōkiku te mochi nikui desu yo.
Don’t buy this PC. Regardless of its function, it’s big and hard to hold .
自習するのは早く進めることはともかくとして、情報が集める能力も練習+G161される。
jishū suru no wa hayaku susumeru koto wa tomokaku toshite, jōhō ga atsumeru nōryoku mo renshū sareru.
Self study, beside we get rapid progress, we also improve our ability of synthesizing information.
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