How to say "anyhow" in Japanese

• とにかくJLPT N3approx.Common
  adverbThe default for 'anyhow' meaning 'at any rate, in any case': it brushes side issues aside and states the main point, so the conclusion or request stands whatever else is true.
  とにかく、試験しけんが終おわってほっとしたよ。↗

  Anyhow, I'm relieved the test is over.
• ともかくJLPT N2approx.Common
  adverbAlso means 'anyhow, anyway', with a strong flavor of setting the question at hand aside before making your point; it can further suggest 'somehow or other' or 'generally speaking'.
  ともかく合格ごうかくしてうれしい。↗

  I'm glad to have passed at all.
• ともあれCommon
  adverbA close synonym of ともかく for 'anyhow, in any case': it sets the discussion so far aside and moves to what really matters, often when summing up.
  ともあれ彼かれは試験しけんに受うかった。↗

  After all, he succeeded in passing the exam.
• 何しろなにしろJLPT N2approx.Common
  adverbFor 'anyhow' when you are explaining or excusing yourself: it brings in the overriding reason behind the situation — 'anyhow, the thing is...' — rather than just waving side issues away.
• なんとかJLPT N3approx.Common
  adverb, suru verbThis is the 'anyhow' of managing against difficulty — 'somehow, one way or another' — as when you just barely get something done; it is not the word for dismissing considerations.
  なんとかその機械きかいを動うごかした。↗

  He managed to run the machine.

For 'anyhow' as 'at any rate, setting details aside' pick 「とにかく」, 「ともかく」 or 「ともあれ」; 「何しろ」 frames things through an overriding reason; 「なんとか」 is the 'somehow, one way or another' sense.

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• とにかくanyway
• ともかくanyhow
• ともあれanyhow
• 何しろなにしろin any case
• なにせin any case
• どのみちanyway
• いずれにしてもanyhow
• ともかくもanyhow
• とりまanyhow
• いずれにしろanyhow
• 何にしてもなんにしてもeven so
• 何分にもなにぶんにもanyway
• どうでもanyway
• 何にせよなんにせよat any rate
• とまれかくまれin any case
• 何にしろなんにしろat any rate
• とにもかくにもat any rate
• いずれanyway
• とかくat any rate
• 何分なにぶんanyway
• なんとかsomehow (handling, dealing with something)