折角

Japanese

Kanji in this term
折 角
せつ > せっ
Grade: 4		 かく
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Adverb

折角 (hiragana せっかく, rōmaji sekkaku)

  1. at great pains, going to great trouble
    せっかくの時 (じ)間 (かん)だから、大 (たい)切 (せつ)にしたい。
    Sekkaku no jikan dakara, taisetsu ni shitai.
    It's such precious time that I want to spend it with care.
    折 (せっ)角 (かく)人 (ひと)が賽 (さい)銭 (せん)入 (い)れて起 (お)こしてやったのに
    sekkaku hito ga saisen irete okoshite yatta noni
    Though it was that finally someone came to put in saisen and woke you up...
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