いっその こと
issono koto

Adverb

1. rather; sooner; preferably

Usually Written in Kana
Related to いっそ
いっそのこと はじめから いえにいたほうがよかった。
issono koto hajimekara ieni ita hōga yokatta.
With all that we might have been better off just to have stayed home.
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