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Japanese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Adverb
折角 • (sekkaku)
- at great pains, going to great trouble
- せっかくの時間だから、大切にしたい。
- Sekkaku no jikan dakara, taisetsu ni shitai.
- It's such precious time that I want to spend it with care.
- 折角人が賽銭入れて起こしてやったのに
- sekkaku hito ga saisen irete okoshite yatta noni
- Though it was that finally someone came to put in saisen and woke you up...
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN