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せっかく (sekkaku)

with trouble,at great pains,long-awaited

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Meaning

折角 (せっかく, sekkaku) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “with trouble,at great pains,long-awaited”.

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Example sentences 10

せっかく来きたんだからゆっくりしていきなさい。

Since you've come all the way, why don't you stay for a while?

せっかくの苦労くろうもあだになった。

All my pains went for nothing.

せっかくの苦労くろうが水の泡みずのあわになった。

All my pains were in vain.

君きみのせっかくの名めい講義こうぎは猫ねこに小判こばんだったね。

Your wonderful lecture was pearls before swine.

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