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Perhaps one of the more interesting/infuriating things i've found is how どうこう
is seemingly always written without kanji...

the obvious ones with する default to 同行 I assume

> だからと言って今すぐどうこうするって話でもないけど。-just cuz i said that doesn't mean i saying i want
> to go out with her

同好

> 一概にどうこう言えない気がするんだけど…… - I feel like you can’t say all (girls ) have the same
> tastes (when it comes to guy's heights)

"[どうのこうの](https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1477900054)"

> 「なんでせっかく好きな人と結ばれたのに、他人がどうこう言って間に割り込んでこようとするわけ……？ 関係ないじゃん……」- how come even
> though i'm finally with a guy i like, other people keep disturbing us and
> saying all this crap, what we're doing has nothing to do with them.

and the stuff I'm not so sure of

どうのこうの or 動向？

> 俺が殴られるどうこうはもう関係ない。- your ("tendency" to assault me/this and that sort of
> beating me up) is already irrelevant ?

動向?

> お前がどうこうじゃなく俺が決めたんだ。(context is "っ…入れてくださいっ！ 私なら大丈夫です。これしき耐えられます" ) - I , who
> "doesn't have the same "tendencies" as you, has already made up my mind. -
> really not sure about the last one.

Appreciate any clarifications and further insight
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homonyms
ambiguity of どうこう
In all your five example sentences, どうこう is [this
どうこう](https://jisho.org/word/%E3%81%A9%E3%81%86%E3%81%93%E3%81%86) meaning
"this and that", "something", "blah-blah", etc. It's used to contract the
unimportant part of the sentence. It's interchangeable with どうのこうの.

どうこう can work as an adverb, "(like) this or that":

> 今すぐどうこうするって話でもないけど。  
>  That does not mean I'll do something (about the problem) right away.
>
> 一概にどうこう言えない気がする。  
>  I feel we cannot say something sweepingly. / It's not a black-and-white
> situation.

どうこう also can colloquially form a noun clause (i.e., どうこう can be followed by
particles like が, を, の):

> [俺が殴られるどうこう]はもう関係ない。  
>  I'll be beaten, or this, or that...they're no longer relevant.
>
> [お前がどうこう]じゃなく俺が決めたんだ。  
>  This is not a you-think-this-or-that kind of problem; _I_ decided it.
>
> 彼とどうのこうのの前に自分を磨きなさい。  
>  Before thinking about doing something with him, you must make yourself a
> better person.
>
> (Forgive me if my English translations are unnatural; I'm bad at this type
> of colloquial sentences)

Unsurprisingly, 動向, 同行 and 同好 are normally written in kanji. These words are
simply not used in your examples.
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どうこう, just like どうのこうの are adverbs.  
When used in negative sentences, they mean "anything".

Examples:  
私がどうこう言える問題ではない。  
This is a problem I can't say anything.

そのことについてどうこう言える立場ではない  
I am not in a position to say anything on the matter.

どうこうするうちに事態は悪化した  
In the meantime, the situation grew more serious.

どうこう【如何斯う】  
［副］《副詞「どう」に副詞「こう」の付いた語》  
多く否定表現に用いて、特にそれと定めず、さまざまな行為や事態をひっくるめて指し示す。どうのこうの。とやかく。  
[https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/155649/meaning/m1u/どうこう/](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/155649/meaning/m1u/%E3%81%A9%E3%81%86%E3%81%93%E3%81%86/)  
[https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/どうこう/#je-53009](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/%E3%81%A9%E3%81%86%E3%81%93%E3%81%86/#je-53009)

どうのこうの: いろいろ言い立てるさま。なんのかの。どうこう。

Examples:  
どうのこうの言ってもはじまらない。  
No matter what you say, it will not start.

どうのこうのと うるさく 言うな。  
Stop nagging.

このことについてはどうのこうの言う権利はない。  
I have no right to say anything about the matter.

[https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/どうのこうの/#je-53470](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/%E3%81%A9%E3%81%86%E3%81%AE%E3%81%93%E3%81%86%E3%81%AE/#je-53470)  
[https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/156614/meaning/m1u/どうのこうの/](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/156614/meaning/m1u/%E3%81%A9%E3%81%86%E3%81%AE%E3%81%93%E3%81%86%E3%81%AE/)
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