This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

ともかく困ったことだ。

Sentence Analyzer

ともかく 困った こと

English Translation

It's a problem any way you look at it.

Furigana

ともかく(こま)ったことだ。

Romanji

Tomokaku komatta koto da.

Words

兎も角 (ともかく)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
困る (こまる)
to be troubled; to be worried; to be bothered; to be embarrassed; to be stumped
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: コン、 こま.る
Meanings: quandary, become distressed, annoyed