regardless of

いかんにかかわらず means that whatever the circumstance, the result is unaffected. Attach it to a noun, optionally with の. いかんによらず is a synonym. It states that a factor has no bearing on the outcome.

Examples

• 理由りゆうのいかんにかかわらず、遅刻ちこくは認みとめられない。

  Riyuu no ikan ni kakawarazu, chikoku wa mitomerarenai.

  Regardless of the reason, lateness is not accepted.

• 結果けっかのいかんにかかわらず、挑戦ちょうせんしたことに意味いみがある。

  Kekka no ikan ni kakawarazu, chousen shita koto ni imi ga aru.

  Regardless of the outcome, there is meaning in having tried.

Vocabulary in these examples

• 理由 reason
• 遅刻 being late, tardiness
• 認める to acknowledge, to admit
• 結果 result, outcome
• する to do
• 意味 meaning

Related patterns · Condition and dependency

• 〜いかんで depending on
• 〜なくして without; if there were no
• 〜あっての made possible only by; thanks to
• 〜とあれば if it is the case that; if (for the sake of)
• 〜ばこそ precisely because