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

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(せん)入(い)れて起(お)こしてやったのに[1]
    sekkaku hito ga saisen irete okoshite yatta noni
    Though it was that finally someone came to put in saisen and woke you up...

Descendants

  • → Palauan: sekkak

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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