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I've heard in a song the phrase: "たとえ化け物になろうとも成しとげる". What does "とも成し" mean in this context?
I've heard in a song the phrase: "たとえ化け物になろうとも成しとげる". What does "とも成し" mean in this context?
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As if I became a monster, I'm willing to make it done.
The division is like this:
たとえ
化け物
になろうとも
成しとげる
たとえ A になろうとも B => As if I became A, B
is the structure
成す is "make it done" or "make it finished".
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