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は別べつとしてapart from; leaving aside

"Apart from": the one you name is a different case, and what you say next is about the rest. After かどうか it leaves a question open.

How to form it

Noun + は別べつとして

は別べつにして means the same.

After a question

Plain form + か(どうか)+ は別べつとして

"Whether or not". Two choices work too: 行いくか行いかないかは別べつとして.

Before it
An exception (a person, a group, a special case), one side of what you are judging (価か格かく, 味あじ), or a question.
After it
What is true of the rest, or true either way.
Where you'll meet it
Conversation and writing alike.
Common
特とく別べつな場ば合あいは別べつとして, "except in special cases".

In use

は別べつとして or はともかく?

Both keep someone out of what you say next, for different reasons.

Apart from him, the others will probably agree.

He is a different case, usually the exception: he won't.

I can't speak for him, but the others will probably agree.

He is waved aside: you won't say either way. The others are the point.

After かどうか there is little to choose: はともかく, はさておき and は別べつとして all leave the question open.

Close neighbours

はともかくN2

Leaves one point aside to say what matters more. The point left aside is often a weak one.

はさておきN2

Puts a topic aside for now so the talk can turn to another. A chair or a writer says it to move things on.

を除いてN2

Plain "except": it takes one out of a group, and nothing more. Written and official; in talk it is 以い外がい.

Check yourself

1Can Ms. Mori speak French?

森もりさんは別べつとして、うちの課かにはフランス語ごができる人ひとがいない。

Choose an answer to see why.

2What does this mean?

本ほん当とうかどうかは別べつとして、おもしろい話はなしだ。

Choose an answer to see why.

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