EntryCommonJLPT N2
  1. Adverb (fukushi)

    in any case; regardless; either way; after all; no matter what; anyway

    indicates inevitability of outcome, resignation or scorn

    どうせやるなら上手にやれ。
    If you do it at all, do it well.
  2. since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless

    followed by a conditional, or as ~...だから

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