せっかく sekkaku
How to make”せっかく..” in Japanese.
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- ・ Meaning: なにか苦労して費やした時つかう。 with much trouble, with taking a time,with effort
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- ・ JLPT Level: 2 日本語能力試験N2級レベル
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- ・ Category: grammar 文法
You can use せっかく when you want to say “with much trouble…”.
The patterns is below:
さすが(に) + sentence
例文：Examples of sentence (with audio)
せっかく漢字を１０００字覚えたのに試験の後全部忘れちゃった。
After I got learnt 1000 kanjis,after the exam I forgot all.
せっかく、日本語で注文しようと意気込んで入ったのに、英語で「May I help you ? 」って言われた。
after I got all worked up about ordering in Japanese , I walked in the store and they greeted me with “May I help you ?
せっかく彼女に手紙を書いたのに、送るのを忘れちゃった。
I took the effort to write a letter to her and forgot to send it.
Keep up with your studies!