(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) (Tokyo) せっかく [sèkkákú] (Heiban – [0]) IPA(key):...
Borrowed from Japanese <span class="searchmatch">折角</span> (sekkaku). IPA(key): /sɛkkak/ sekkak (intransitive) to go to great trouble or effort for, to make a point of sekkak el mei (“went...
(Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 / 大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN: <span class="searchmatch">折角</span>(せっかく)のチャンスを逃(のが)した sekkaku no chansu o nogashita missed a long-awaited opportunity...
(zasetsu shi), past 挫(ざ)折(せつ)した (zasetsu shita)) fall through 1943, 海野十三, 宇宙尖兵: <span class="searchmatch">折角</span>(せっかく)の計画(けいかく)が挫折(ざせつ)することは人類(じんるい)にとって一大損失(いちだいそんしつ)だ。 Sekkaku no keikaku...