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折せっ角かく

N2
せっかく sekkaku
  1. with trouble
  2. at great pains
  3. 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

  • せっかく骨ほねを折おったのに、彼かれは失しっ敗ぱいした。
    He has failed after all his labors.
    尽管好不容易费了力,他还是失败了。
  • せっかくの苦く労ろうもあだになった。
    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"
  }
}