せっかく

Examples

1. せっかく作つくったのに、だれも食たべてくれません。

   I went to the trouble of cooking, but nobody will eat it.

2. せっかくの休日きゅうじつなのに、雨あめで残念ざんねんです。

   I finally got a day off, and it's raining. What a shame.

3. せっかくのご提案ていあんですが、今回こんかいは見送みおくらせていただきます。

   We appreciate you taking the trouble to make this proposal, but we'll have to pass this time.

How to write it

This word is written in kana only — no kanji to draw.

More Adverbs: Manner & Attitude words

• たとえ जति ...भए पनि even if, no matter
• あくまで अन्तिमसम्म, हठपूर्वक to the end, persistently
• ふと अचानक, संयोगवश suddenly, by chance
• 自ら みずから आफैं, स्वयं oneself, personally
• まさか के हो!, हुनै सक्दैन no way!, surely not
• 思わず おもわず अनायासै / झट्ट involuntarily

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