JLPT N4 · Certainty & attitude

せっかく

with much trouble; specially

Stroke order of せっかく

4 characters, 8 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

せ · 3 strokesっ · 1 strokesか · 3 strokes く · 1 strokes

Memory trick

SEKKAKU — 'sack-a-coo': a sack of cookies, made with effort.

Parts: adverb; with effort; often 'せっかくだから'

The characters in せっかく

せせ — se (3 strokes)
かか — ka (3 strokes)
くく — ku (1 strokes)

Example sentence

せっかく来たので、見ていきます。

せっかくきたので、みていきます。

Since I came all this way, I'll have a look.

More words: Certainty & attitude

かならずwithout fail もしかしたらperhaps; possibly やはりas expected; after all やっぱりas expected; after all まさかsurely not; no way どうせanyway; after all わざわざgoing out of one's way わざとon purpose なるべくas much as possible ちゃんとproperly; neatly

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