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Grammar detail: を問わず (をとわず)

を問わず (をとわず)  regardless of, irrespective of, no matter
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を問わず
means
regardless of; irrespective of
As demonstrated in the three sentences below, the English translations of sentences using を問わず will not always use the phrases 'regardless of' or 'irrespective of'.
ねんれい
年齢
わず
ひとびと
人々
この
うた

People of all ages like this song.
しあい
試合
せいう
晴雨
わず
おこな
われます

The game will be held rain or shine.
それ
いま
でも
だんじょ
男女
わず
あいどく
愛読
されている
ほん
です
It is, even now, a book loved by men and women alike.

のいかんを問わず

noun
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いかんを問わず
のいかんを問わず is often used as a set phrase. The word いかん can mean 'circumstances'. When using のいかんを問わず the noun before the phrase must specify one thing. It cannot be used with the second sentence above, because the noun 晴雨 points to two things; 'rain' and 'shine', or the third sentence, as the noun 男女 means to 'men' and 'women'.
その
しあい
試合
こくせき
国籍
いかん
わず
だれ
でも
さんか
参加
でき
出来

Anyone can participate in the game, no matter what nationality they are.
はだ
いろ
いかん
わず
かれ
まんにん
万人
げんろん
言論
じゆう
自由
ようご
擁護
した

He stood for freedom of speech for everyone regardless of color.
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Kanji used in this grammar

モン   と question   と to ask   とん wholesale   
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セイ   はれる to clear up   はらす to dispel, to clear away   
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ウ   あめ    あま- rain   
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ダン   ナン   おとこ male, man   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ネン   とし year   
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レイ age   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
(kanji repetition symbol)   
カ   うた to sing   うた song   
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コウ   この    す to like   
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シ   ため to test   こころみる to attempt   
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ゴウ   ガッ   カッ   あ to fit, come together   あわす to match   あわせる to unite, join   
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コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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コン   キン   いま now   
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アイ    love   
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ドク   トク   トウ   よ to read   
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ホン   book   もと origin   
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コク   くに country   
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セキ    register, census   
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だれ who   
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サン   まい to visit, go, come   
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カ   くわえる to add to   くわわる to join, to be added to   
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シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
ライ   く to come   きた to be forthcoming   きた to induce   
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はだ skin, complexion   
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ショク   シキ   いろ color   
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ヒ   かれ he   
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マン   バン    10,000   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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ロン    thesis, argument, discussion   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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ヨウ    hug, embrace   
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ゴ    defend, protect   
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