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1週3日目 見た目はともかく
Condition・emotion・limit
1週3日目

〜は別として

接続:Nは+別として
not taken into account, except
注意 / Note:Put A out of the scope of discussion to talk about the rest. Different from 〜はともかく in that 〜は別として leans towards EXCLUSION of a specific case, while 〜はともかく is temporarily not discussed because it is not as important.
比較 / Compare:Same article: 〜ともかく/〜はともかくとして/〜どころか. These models are often mistakenly chosen for each other — carefully read the 接続 and nuances above and then decide.
よく出る形 / Common form:名詞は+別として、〜。Or go with 例外・一部・休日. Also occurs in the form 〜かどうかは別として.
休日は別として、毎日七時に起きる。
Except for holidays, I get up at seven o'clock every day.
彼は別として、全員が賛成した。
Not counting them, everyone agreed.
実現できるかどうかは別として、案としては面白い。
Whether it can be done or not will be decided later, but the idea is interesting.

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