折角
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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折 | 角 |
せつ > せっ Grade: 4 |
かく Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
- 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[1]
- sekkaku hito ga saisen irete okoshite yatta noni
- Though it was that finally someone came to put in saisen and woke you up...
- せっかくの時間だから、大切にしたい。
References edit
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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