no matter how you look at it; after all; still
Used to express that something is excessive, unreasonable, or beyond a reasonable limit, often with a tone of objection or surprise. Common in spoken Japanese.
No matter how you look at it, that's way too expensive.
Come on, don't say something like that.
Usually written in kana; the kanji spelling 幾ら何でも is rare.
Kanji spelling is uncommon and may look formal or old-fashioned.
A fixed expression combining いくら (how much) and 何でも (anything/whatever), literally 'no matter how much, whatever'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it has been used as an idiomatic phrase to express that something is beyond reasonable limits.