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sekkaku
adverb, noun, no adjective

Alternate Written Forms:

[せっ()·かく()]
sekkaku

English Meaning(s) for せっかく

adverb, noun
  1. with trouble; at great pains
no adjective
  1. rare; valuable; precious; long-awaited
  2. kind; generous
adverb
  1. specially; especially; expressly

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Sample Sentences for せっかく

All my pains went for nothing.
We'd better try to sell or give away all these white elephants we've collected.
All my pains were in vain.
If you could do it at all, I'd like you to do it.
The temporary workers that we managed to employ left work right away.

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