~とはいえ — though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
~とはいえ
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
JLPT
N1
Struktur
✦V (formal form) + とはいえ
✦N + とはいえ
✦いadj + とはいえ
✦なadj + とはいえ
✦とはいえ + phrase
Arti
✦ Used in cases to express something contrary to the hypothesis, even though it's supposed to be like this, in reality it's like that.
12
月
に
入
ったとはいえ
、
まだ
年末
という
気
がしない
。
Even though it's December, it still doesn't feel like the end of the year.
時間
がなかったとはいえこのぐらいの
レポート
が
書
けないはずがない
Even though I didn't have time, there's no way I couldn't write a report like this.
Catatan
Same meaning as “といえども”
