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- adverbin any case; regardless; either way; after all; no matter what; anywayindicates inevitability of outcome, resignation or scorn
- adverbsince it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardlessfollowed by a conditional, or as ~...だから
- SynonymどのみちNeutralNeutral word for 'the result is the same whichever path you take.' It carries no emotional colour, whereas 「どうせ」 often adds resignation or self-mockery.
- SynonymどっちみちCasualColloquial; means the result is the same either way, and is synonymous with 「どの道」. 「どうせ」 carries a more negative tone than this word.
Use 「どうせ」 when the outcome is the same either way and you feel resignation or self-mockery, as in 「どうせ無理だ」. For a neutral 'in any case' with no emotional colour, pick 「どの道」 or the colloquial 「どっち道」.
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