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Japanese word 果ない: fleeting / momentary / ephemeral. Meanings and example sentences.

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果ない (はかない): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

果ない (はかない) means fleeting / momentary / ephemeral.

See example sentences below.

果ない at a glance

果ない
はかないhakanai
N1adj
fleeting / momentary / ephemeral
果ないはかないhakanaiN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning of 果ない

Core meaning

fleeting / momentary / ephemeral

Basic example sentences

Example 1

人生ははかないものだ。

Translation

Life is something fleeting.

Example 2

夢ははかなく消えた。

Translation

The dream vanished quickly.

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