Illustration: On an apartment balcony after rain, a child reaches gently toward a large soap bubble floating just above an open palm. At the instant the fingertip approaches, the bubble begins to burst: one side still holds its delicate rounded form while the other breaks into a fine ring of droplets.

JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

儚はかない

hakanai

fleeting, short-lived

Example sentences

人生じんせいは儚はかないよ、と人ひとは言いう。
People say that life is short.
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人ひとの人生じんせいは、はかないものだ。
The life of a person is a transient thing.
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私わたしたちの恋こいは、しゃぼん玉だまのようにはかなかった。
Our love affair was as short-lived as a soap bubble.
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Kanji in 儚

儚fleeting; fickleOnボウ・モウKunはかない・くらい

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