Skip to content

せっかく: With great effort — Japanese vocabulary

せっかく means "With great effort". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

せっかく

Reading
せっかく · sekkaku
Translation
With great effort
Level
JLPT N3

Example

せっかくの苦労が水の泡になった。

せっかくのくろうがみずのあわになった。

All my pains were in vain.

Remember them for good

Quizzes, writing, listening and spaced reviews: KanaLearn has you review each word at the right time. Free, no ads.

Start for free