Learn JLPT N3 Grammar:

(ikura~temo)

Meaning: no matter how

Formation:

+ Verb- form +
+ Noun +
+ adj (remove )+
+ adj +

Example sentences:

I donʼt want to buy it no matter how cheap it is.

ikura yasukutemo, kaitakunai.

No matter how much you love Cocacola, itʼs not good for your health if you
drink too much.
ikura sukidemo kooraa o takusan nomu to shintai ni warui desu yo.

No matter how much I sleep, Iʼm still sleepy.

ikura netemo, mada nemui desu.

I could not understand no matter how much I studied so I asked my teacher.

ikura shirabetemo wakaranakatta node, sensei ni kiita.

No matter how much I beg she just wonʼt listen.

kanojo wa ikura tanondemo kiite kurenai.

Itʼs my job so I must do it no matter how much I hate it.

shigoto dakara, ikura kirai demo yaranakereba naranai.

I need it so Iʼll buy it now matter how expensive it is.

hitsuyou na node, ikura takakutemo kaimasu.

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No matter how much of a raise I get, it still wonʼt be enough.

kyuuryou ga ikura agattemo tarinai.

All our money canʼt buy what I want for Emma.

wareware no kane o ikura sosogikonde mo, watashi ga ema no tame ni
nozomu mono wa kaenain da.

I have a witness to the fact, whose testimony even you will scarcely
controvert.
sono jijitsu ni tsuite wa shounin ga orimasu. sono jinbutsu no shougen wa,
ikura anata demo hitei dekinai hazu desu.

I do not belong in this mad present of killing and I fear I will not fit into any
future, try though I may.
watashi wa hitobito ga koroshiau kurutta gendai ni ikiru mono dewa nai shi,
ikura doryoku shite mo atarashii jidai ni wa najimenai darou.

Even if you try to refuel with sugar or coffee, your body and brain wonʼt get
the energy they need because they wonʼt be able to use it efficiently.
toubun ya koohii de ikura enerugii o hokyuu shite mo, sore o kouritsu yoku
tsukau koto ga dekinai tame, karada ya nou wa juubun na enerugii o toru
koto ga dekimasen.

We may try to push thoughts out of our minds, but the body gets the
message anyway.
watashitachi ga ikura kangaegoto o atama kara oiharaou to shite mo, karada
wa messeeji o uketotte iru.

Our story that these were not the diamonds originally in our possession was
laughed to scorn.
wareware wa, sorera no daiyamondo ga bokutachi ga saisho ni motte ita
mono to wa chigau koto o ikura ikisetsu shite mo choushou o kau bakari
datta.

Weʼre going to pursue this case together regardless of expense.

ikura kakatte mo ii kara futari shite kono jiken o tsuikyuu suru no yo.

Similar grammar:

(tatoe~temo): even if… is the case

(donna ni~temo): no matter how
(ni shitemo~ni shitemo): regardless of whether

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