とかく

adverb, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

do this and that; do various things

Used mainly in patterns such as とかくする and とかくしているうちに, referring to being occupied with various unspecified things.

• 引ひっ越こしの準じゅん備びでとかくしているうちに、一いち日にちが終おわった。

  The day ended while I was busy doing this and that for the move.

adverb

tend to; be apt to; be prone to

Often used with negative or cautionary tendencies, commonly followed by expressions such as がちだ, しやすい, or a verb phrase.

• 人ひとはとかく都つ合ごうの悪わるいことを忘わすれがちだ。

  People tend to forget things that are inconvenient for them.

adverb

at any rate; anyhow; anyway

A somewhat literary or old-fashioned connective use meaning roughly ともかく or とにかく; less common in everyday speech than those alternatives.

• とかく、浮うき世よは思おもいどおりにならないものだ。

  At any rate, life in this world does not go as one wishes.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

all sorts of; various; various negative things

Used before a noun with の, often in set-sounding phrases such as とかくの噂, and frequently suggests troublesome, unfavorable, or critical things.

• 彼かれにはとかくのうわさが絶たえない。

  All sorts of rumors about him never stop.

noun

things that do not exist; rabbit horns

Only when written 兎角

Buddhist and idiomatic use restricted to the kanji 兎角, especially in the expression 亀毛兎角, literally 'turtle hair and rabbit horns', meaning impossible or nonexistent things.

See also: 亀毛兎角

• 仏ぶっ教きょう語ごの「亀き毛もう兎と角かく」は、亀かめの毛けや兎と角かくのように存そん在ざいしないものを指さす。

  The Buddhist term 亀毛兎角 refers to things that do not exist, like turtle hair or rabbit horns.