❶しかしながら, だが ⦣ 接続詞的な働きがあるので「接続（副）詞」とする分類もある.
類似語but よりも形式張った語. but は文頭に置くが however は文中・文頭・文末のいずれでもよい.
This, however, is not his fault.
This, however, is not his fault.
しかしこれは彼のあやまちではない.
They say he is honest. However, I do not believe him.
They say he is honest. However, I do not believe him.
人は彼が正直だと言う. しかし私は彼の言うことを信じない.
❷たとえどんなに～でも
However hard you (may) try, you cannot catch me.
However hard you (may) try, you cannot catch me.
たとえどんなにやってみても君は私を捕つかまえることはできない.
参考
-ever がつく語は, -ever の最初の e にアクセントがある: whoéver, whatéver, whenéver, foréver.
