～にしても: "Even (though/if)"

Introduction

Welcome to your fifth-from-last N3 grammar article! Wa-hoo!

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～にしても: Yes, even at this point, another "even" lesson

構成こうせい

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  Casual form verbにしても

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  Casual form い-adjectiveにしても

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  な-adjective/noun(である)にしても
  Example:
  → 美味おいしくなかったにしても、そういう発言はつげんは良よくないと思おもうよ。
  "Even if it wasn't tasty, I don't think that kind of statement is good.”

The ～にしても pattern employs 「しても」 as a sort of "even going with X/even if X were true" marker, and uses 「に」 to indicate that it acts on the previous verb/adjective/noun. In English, it tends to approximate something along the lines of "even if X" or "even though X", making ～にしても a type of hypothetical marker.