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► 接続助詞
たって  [(1)たって]  [coll]    meaning:  even if  rank: 2
☆ そんなこと言ったって無理なものは無理だ ⇨ Impossible is impossible even if you say that, no matter what you say
☆ そんなにらなくたっていいでしょ ⇨ You don’t have to be that angry
☆ どうしたって無理なものは無理だ ⇨ No matter what you do, what is impossible is impossible
☆ からやったってもうい ⇨ It is too late even if you try (to make up) now
☆ いたって駄目だ ⇨ I won’t change my mind even if you cry. Crying won’t do any good


More examples:
  • 使用たっては十分注意のこと ⇨ Be very careful when you use it
  • たってもいないくじの使えるなんてらぬ皮算用だね (とらぬたぬきのかわざんよう) ⇨ Thinking about how to use lottery money you haven’t won is exactly the case of “count hides of raccoon dogs you still haven’t caught yet”
  • 議論ケリがいつまでたってもかない ⇨ The argument has had no conclusion
  • ボールたってはよろけた ⇨ The ball hit him in the head and he staggered
  • ピアノ練習してきたが、最近壁たってそれ以上上達しない ⇨ I’ve been practicing playing the piano but recently hit the wall, reached a plateau, and not progressing anymore
  • 彼女継子たっている ⇨ She has been harsh, mean, to her child-in-law
  • 医者たってみよう ⇨ Let’s ask another doctor for his opinion
  • 彼女くじにたって狂喜乱舞した ⇨ She won a lottery and went crazy
  • にもたってみたが在庫かった ⇨ I tried other stores, but nobody has it in stock
  • 一回戦優勝候補たってしまった ⇨ We are facing the championship favorite in the first round
  • 最近当たっている ⇨ He’s been hitting well lately
  • 彼女くじにたって狂乱した ⇨ She won a jackpot and went crazy
  • がやったっていう調べはついてるんだ ⇨ We have already fully investigated and we know you did it
  • にしたって ⇨ 
  • 日頃不摂生がたたって病気になった ⇨ He became ill because he wasn’t taking care of his health