JLPT N3 Grammar どうしても (doushitemo)

Meaning 意味

no matter what; at any cost; after all ~

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Level: JLPT N3

Tags: Japanese adverbs, ても expressions

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どうしても

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Learn Japanese grammar: どうしても (doushitemo). Meaning: no matter what; at any cost; after all ~.

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Example #1

私はどうしても自分の家がほしい。

わたしはどうしてもじぶんのいえがほしい。

watashi wa doushitemo jibun no ie ga hoshii.

I really want to have my own house (to the point I'd do anything).

Example #2

どうしても車が動かなかったので私たちは歩いて行くことにした。

どうしてもくるまがうごかなかったのでわたしたちはあるいていくことにした。

doushitemo kuruma ga ugokana katta no de watashi tachi wa aruite iku koto ni shita.

No matter what we tried the car wouldn't start, so finally we decided to go on foot.

Example #3

どうしても彼女の電話番号が思い出せない。

どうしてもかのじょのでんわばんごうがおもいだせない。

doushitemo kanojo no denwa bangou ga omoi dasenai.

I can't for the life of me remember her phone number.

Example #4

他の問題はできたのだが、この問題だけはどうしても解けない。

ほかのもんだいはできたのだが、このもんだいだけはどうしてもとけない。

hokano mondai wa dekita no daga, kono mondai dake wa doushitemo tokenai.

I was able to do the other problems, but this one I cannot solve no matter how hard I try.

Example #5

どうしても来られないときは連絡してください。

どうしてもこられないときはれんらくしてください。

doushitemo korarenai toki wa renraku shite kudasai.

Please contact me when you are not able to come.

Example #6

あなたはそれがどうしても必要なら再度連絡をください。

あなたはそれがどうしてもひつようならさいどれんらくをください。

anata wa sore ga doushitemo hitsuyou nara saido renraku o kudasai.

If you need that no matter what, please contact me again.

Example #7

彼女は怒っている時は母親の言うことをどうしても聞こうとしない。

かのじょはおこっているときはははおやのいうことをどうしてもきこうとしない。

kanojo wa okotte iru toki wa hahaoya no iu koto o doushitemo kikou to shinai.

When she is angry, she never even tries to listen to what her mother is saying.

Example #8

何度も計算してみたんだが, どうしても帳尻が合わない。

なんどもけいさんしてみたんだが, どうしてもちょうじりがあわない。

nando mo keisan shite mitan da ga, doushitemo choujiri ga awanai.

I tried to calculate it countless times, but no matter what I try I cannot get the accounts to balance.

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