とかく

• (Tokyo) とかく [tòkákú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [to̞ka̠kɯ̟]

とかく • (tokaku) 

1. being apt to, being prone to, tending to

   焦(あせ)ってやるととかく失(しっ)敗(ぱい)しがちだ。

   Asette yaru to tokaku shippaishi gachi da.

   You are prone to lose if you start to panic.

2. (in the form of とかくの (tokaku no), negative) all sorts of, various

   あの人(ひと)にはとかくの批(ひ)判(はん)がある。

   Ano hito ni wa tokaku no hihan ga aru.

   There are all sorts of criticism toward that person.

3. this and that

   とかくするうちに一(いち)日(にち)たった

   tokaku suru uchi ni ichinichi tatta

   one day has passed by doing this and that

4. anyway, anyhow

   Synonym: とにかく (tonikaku)

This term is often spelled in kana.

The spelling 兎角(とかく) (tokaku) is ateji, though it is not ateji when used to spell the sense "things that do not exist, rabbit horns".

• (Tokyo) とかく [tòkákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ka̠kɯ̟]

とかく • (tokaku) 

1. (idiomatic, Buddhism) things that do not exist; rabbit horns