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Japanese

いっその事いっそのこと

Kana いっそのこと Romaji issonokoto

Common word

Definitions

01adverb

usually kana

rather; sooner; preferably

more emphatic than いっそ

Examples

いっそのこと初めから家にいたほうがよかった。

With all that we might have been better off just to have stayed home.

Tatoeba #76866

Other forms

一層の事 (rarely used kanji form)

Source

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