connective N2 common politewritten

を問わず — regardless of

を問わず ・ をとわず

Meaning

Key sentence

Anyone can apply, regardless of whether they have experience.

Formation

Attaches toFormExample
Noun (a category) + を問わず N + を問わず 年齢ねんれいわず / 昼夜ちゅうやわず

Examples

We're recruiting staff irrespective of gender or nationality.
This facility can be enjoyed no matter the season.

Easily confused with

Notes

See を問わず in real sentences

Jengo shows を問わず the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.

Study it in Jengo

Sources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar.

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