どうせ

Usage patterns

• どうせ〜んだからsince it's going to happen anyway (resigned reasoning)

  どうせ怒おこられるんだから、正しょう直じきに話はなそう。

  I'm going to get scolded anyway, so I might as well be honest.

• どうせ〈事こと〉ならsince it's the same either way, might as well (do something better)

  どうせ行いくなら、早はやく出しゅっ発ぱつした方ほうがいい。

  Since we're going anyway, we might as well leave early.

• どうせ〈事こと〉だろうit's probably going to turn out that way anyway (resigned prediction)

  どうせ失しっ敗ぱいするだろうと思おもっていた。

  I figured it would end in failure anyway.

• どうせ無む理りit's hopeless anyway (dismissive)

  今いまから勉べん強きょうしても、どうせ無む理りだよ。

  Even if I study now, it's hopeless anyway.