折角

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

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) せっかく [sèkkákú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [se̞k̚ka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adverb

折(せっ)角(かく) • (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)銭入(せんい)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...

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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