折角
N2せっかく sekkaku
- with trouble
- at great pains
- long-awaited
adverbnoun
Chinese meanings
好不容易;特意
Chinese notes
せっかく常表示特意或难得,后接のに时可带惋惜。
Examples
- せっかく骨を折ったのに、彼は失敗した。He has failed after all his labors.尽管好不容易费了力,他还是失败了。
- せっかくの苦労もあだになった。All my pains went for nothing.好不容易付出的努力也白费了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('e482b08f7b'); // 折角
{
"id": "e482b08f7b",
"word": "折角",
"reading": "せっかく",
"romaji": "sekkaku",
"meanings": [
"with trouble",
"at great pains",
"long-awaited"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"adv",
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1596090,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "せっかく骨を折ったのに、彼は失敗した。",
"furigana": "せっかく{骨|ほね}を{折|お}ったのに、{彼|かれ}は{失敗|しっぱい}した。",
"en": "He has failed after all his labors.",
"tatoeba_id": 214036
},
{
"ja": "せっかくの苦労もあだになった。",
"furigana": "せっかくの{苦労|くろう}もあだになった。",
"en": "All my pains went for nothing.",
"tatoeba_id": 214040
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "ceafa0064438b06b9c3feadfcbefd88cab63ab45a9bd79bf83d17b18137b3435",
"meanings": [
"好不容易",
"特意"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "せっかく骨を折ったのに、彼は失敗した。",
"zh": "尽管好不容易费了力,他还是失败了。"
},
{
"ja": "せっかくの苦労もあだになった。",
"zh": "好不容易付出的努力也白费了。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/e482b08f7b",
"JMdict ent_seq 1596090; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"notes": "せっかく常表示特意或难得,后接のに时可带惋惜。",
"review_hash": "ef99eeb4e21d2eb42e5a050d3d1f9638cc8f9240032b41e792a318a2a7bffa9a"
}
}