はかない: short-lived, momentary, ephemeral — Japanese vocabulary
はかない means "short-lived, momentary, ephemeral". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
はかない
- Reading
- はかない · hakanai
- Translation
- short-lived, momentary, ephemeral
- Level
- JLPT N1
Example
人生は儚いよ、と人は言う。
じんせいははかないよ、とひとはゆう。
People say that life is short.
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