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~としたところで, ~としたって, ~にしたところで ([~としたところで, ~としたって, ~にしたところで] )(toshitatokorode toshitatte nishitatokorode)
    Meaning: even if, though としても
    Example: Even if all the members participated, there'd still only be about 20 persons
    JLPT Level: 1
    Category: grammar
    Author: Sasato

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Notes:
Ref # Kanzen Master Level 1 - p28 - no.29	(LR)
Ref # A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar p423	(LR)
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ex #7130	全員が参加するとしたところで、せいぜい２０人位だ. Even if all the members participated, there'd still only be about 20 persons	[edit] (Sasato)
ex #7902	彼は日本語を20年も勉強しているが、その彼にしたところで、まだ分からない文法に時々出くわすそうだ。 He has studied Japanese for 20 years, but he told me that even he enccounters grammar he doesn't understand.	[edit] (LR)
ex #7903	三島由紀夫は産湯に浸かった記憶があると書いているが、彼にしたところで、死ぬまでのすべての記憶がある訳ではない。 Yukio Mishima wrote that he remembered taking his first bath as a baby, but there's no way even he remembered everything he did from birth until death.	[edit] (LR)
ex #7904	彼がどんなに歌が得意としたって、素人の域を出ていないよ。 However good his singing is, the fact is he hasn't left the realms of an amateur.	[edit] (LR)
ex #7905	わたしにしたって、その問題については、どうしたりいかわからにんです。 Even I don't know what the right thing to do is when it comes to that problem	[edit] (LR)

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imasara-tatokorode (
imasara-tatokorode also means "even if" but the usage is for things where, doing the first part of the sentence before tatokorode is a fruitless action.
[toshitatokorode toshitatte nishitatokorode] etc. which has a slightly different nuance meaning even though the first part of the sentence is NOT a wasted effort, the final result doesn't satisfy.) [LR]

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Comments:
bshock	In ex # 7905, I don't recognize the exact grammar from "どうしたりいかわからにんです。 " It seems like "Dou shitari i ka wakarani n desu" ought to be more like "Dou shitara ii ka wakaranai n desu." Is the original sentence slang or regional dialect?

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