折角せっかくsekkaku折せっ角かく折せっ角かくShow answer(Space)Suspend(@)折せっ角かく折せっ角かくsekkakuCommonRelative commonness of this word, based on various sources (incl. newspapers)CommonJLPT N3Kanji difficulty according to the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. N5 is easiest and N1 is hardestJLPT N3Written w/ kanji onlyWord usually written using kana aloneWritten w/ kanji onlywith trouble; at great painsAdverbAdverb (fukushi)AdverbNoun (common)Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)Noun (common)rare; valuable; precious; long-awaitedの-adj.Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'の-adj.kind; generousの-adj.Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'の-adj.EXAMPLE折角(せっかく)来(き)てくれたのに留守(るす)をしていてごめんね。I'm sorry that I wasn't home when you so kindly dropped by.specially; especially; expresslyAdverbAdverb (fukushi)Adverb折せっ角かく折せっ角かくsekkakuwith trouble; at great painsWhat does 折角 mean in English?with trouble; at great pains(adv, n)rare; valuable; precious; long-awaited(adj-no)kind; generous(adj-no)specially; especially; expressly(adv)Search the picture dictionary for 折角