とかく

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

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)) all sorts of (negative things); 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 hiragana.

とかく • (tokaku) 

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