敢えて (あえて) — purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.)
敢えて is read あえて and listed as an adverb. Meaning: purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); deliberately.
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