all the same

どれも同じ、すべて同じ

ある集団の人や物が、話題になっている点でみな同じであること。

やさしい英語で： Every person or thing in a group is alike in the way being discussed.

• These bags are all the same.
• The rooms were all the same size.
• Do the songs sound all the same to you?

類義語： identical, alike

反対語： different

よく使う表現： look all the same, all the same size, all the same color

どちらでもよい、変わらない

どれを選んでも大きな違いがないこと。

やさしい英語で： It makes no real difference which choice is made.

• It is all the same to me.
• Tea or coffee would be all the same to him.
• Would it be all the same to you if we came tomorrow?

使い方： be all the same to someone (It is all the same to me which seat I take.)

類義語： immaterial, irrelevant

よく使う表現： be all the same, all the same choice

それでも、にもかかわらず

今述べたことにもかかわらず、何かが起きたり事実だったりすること。

やさしい英語で： Despite what was just said, something still happens or is true.

• It was raining, but we went all the same.
• I cannot accept your offer, but thanks all the same.
• She knew he might refuse; she asked him all the same.

類義語： nevertheless, even so, nonetheless

よく使う表現： try all the same, thanks all the same, go all the same