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Reading せっかく
with trouble
- 1 with trouble, at great pains
- 2 rare, valuable, precious, long-awaited
- 3 kind, generous
N2
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例文 · examples
せっかくの苦労もあだになった。
All my pains went for nothing.
sense 1 · with trouble
お前が大声出すから、せっかくのシャッターチャンスを逃しちゃったよ。
You just made me miss the perfect shot when you hollered.
sense 2 · rare
こういう事情ですから、残念ながら、せっかくのご招待をお受けいたしかねるのです。
As such is the case, I am sorry I can't accept your kind invitation.
sense 3 · kind
せっかくの苦労が水の泡になった。
All my pains were in vain.
せっかく骨を折ったのに、彼は失敗した。
He has failed after all his labors.