even if one says

今日は: good day, good afternoon, hello

(dated) the lower half of a vertical mark representing repetition. The upper half can be either U+3033(〳) or U+3034(〴), depending on whether it is voiced or not (adding a dakuten).

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

to say, to tell somebody / to call, to name, to give a name / to cry, to call, to make a noise (such as an animal)

past tense and perfective aspect of 言う (iu, yū) [godan]

nonetheless, although, be that as it may

in other words; what I (you, etc.) mean is