とて

―とて

〔…でも， …だって〕

¶間違えては困るよ， ぼく～木石じゃないぜ

Don't mistake me for an iceberg.

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-とて

1 〔(たとえ)…でも〕 even if [though]…; whoever; whatever; whichever; whenever; wherever; however; no matter what [who, which, when, where, how]….

●今さらそれができたとて何になろう. At this point what does it matter that it has been completed.

2 〔…という理由で〕 because…; as…; on the ground 《that…》; on [under] the plea 《of…, that…》.

●子供だからとて許されるわけはない. She won't be forgiven just because she's a child.

・知らぬこととて失礼いたしました. In my ignorance I have been rude.

3 〔…といっても; …だって〕

●それとてけがの功名だ. Even that was a fluke.

・さればとてほかによい方法もない. And yet there is no other good way.

・彼女とてそんなことはわかっていたはずだ. She must have known that herself.