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Learn JLPT N1 Grammar: かれ～かれ (kare~kare)
Meaning: sooner or later; more or less
How to use: い-adjective い + かれ + い-adjective い + かれ
Explain:
Using adjectives with opposite meanings, to say anyway, the mention is the same.
Example sentences:
1. 多かれ少なかれ、みんな悩みを抱えている。
ookare sukunakare, minna nayami o kakaete iru.
Everyone has problems, more or less.
2. 人は多かれ少なかれ、悩みをもっているものだ。
Hito wa ōkare sukunakare, nayami o motte iru monoda.
More or less, everyone has a heartache.
3. 遅かれ早かれ正直者は報われ、悪者は罰せられる。
osokare hayakare shoujikisha wa mukuware, warumono wa basserareru.
Sooner or later, the good will be rewarded, and the wicked punished.
4. 今後は良かれ悪しかれ彼の家族に干渉しないほうがいいと思う。
kongo wa yokare ashikare kare no kazoku ni kanshou shinai hou ga ii to omou.
I think you should avoid future interference with his family, for good or evil.
