"折角" meaning in Japanese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "折角",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "折",
          "せっ"
        ],
        [
          "角",
          "かく"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "sekkaku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "せっかく"
      },
      "expansion": "折(せっ)角(かく) • (sekkaku)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It's such precious time that I want to spend it with care.",
          "roman": "Sekkaku no jikan dakara, taisetsu ni shitai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "大",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "切",
              "せつ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "せっかくの時間だから、大切にしたい。"
        },
        {
          "english": "Though it was that finally someone came to put in saisen and woke you up...",
          "ref": "折角人が賽銭入れて起こしてやったのにhttp://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm27740983",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "折",
              "せっ"
            ],
            [
              "角",
              "かく"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "賽",
              "さい"
            ],
            [
              "銭入",
              "せんい"
            ],
            [
              "起",
              "お"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "sekkaku hito ga saisen irete okoshite yatta noni"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "at great pains, going to great trouble"
      ],
      "id": "en-折角-ja-adv-wd1oFn-p"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "せっかく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[se̞k̚ka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "折角"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "折角",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "折",
          "せっ"
        ],
        [
          "角",
          "かく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sekkaku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb",
        "2": "せっかく"
      },
      "expansion": "折(せっ)角(かく) • (sekkaku)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It's such precious time that I want to spend it with care.",
          "roman": "Sekkaku no jikan dakara, taisetsu ni shitai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "大",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "切",
              "せつ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "せっかくの時間だから、大切にしたい。"
        },
        {
          "english": "Though it was that finally someone came to put in saisen and woke you up...",
          "ref": "折角人が賽銭入れて起こしてやったのにhttp://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm27740983",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "折",
              "せっ"
            ],
            [
              "角",
              "かく"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "賽",
              "さい"
            ],
            [
              "銭入",
              "せんい"
            ],
            [
              "起",
              "お"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "sekkaku hito ga saisen irete okoshite yatta noni"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "at great pains, going to great trouble"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "せっかく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[se̞k̚ka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "折角"
}

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