はかない・儚い・果敢無い・果無いhakanai[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. i-adjectivefleeting; transient; short-lived; momentary; ephemeral; fickle; vain
   人生じんせいは儚はかないよ、と人ひとは言ゆう。↗

   People say that life is short.
2. i-adjectiveempty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

• Synonym一時的いちじてきNeutralFor what is temporary or provisional, judged objectively; 「儚い」 adds a poignant sense of transience and unreliability.
• Synonym短命たんめいNeutralRefers to a short lifespan, as in 「短命に終わる」; 「儚い」 carries a poignant nuance of fleetingness.
• Synonym刹那的せつなてきNeutralDescribes what vanishes in an instant, or a live-only-for-the-moment attitude, as in 「刹那的な生き方」; 「儚い」 stresses poignant transience and illusion.
• Related短いみじかいNeutralSimply means short — in length or in time — and is the most general term; 「儚い」 adds a poignant sense of transience and illusion.
• Related虚しいむなしいNeutralMeans empty or futile, with the focus on the sense of coming to nothing; 「儚い」 stresses transience and unreliability.
• RelatedかりそめWrittenWritten/formal prose for what is temporary or half-hearted, as in 「かりそめの恋」; 「儚い」 stresses transience and unreliability.
• Antonym永続的えいぞくてきNeutralAntonym on the axis of brevity versus permanence: describes a state that lasts or continues permanently.
• Antonym確かなNeutralAntonym on the axis of illusion versus certainty: means certain and dependable, the opposite of faint or unreliable.

Use 「儚い」 for what is fleeting, illusory, or faint — 「儚い夢」「儚い命」「儚い望み」. For merely temporary use 「一時的」, for a short lifespan 「短命」, for emptiness or futility 「虚しい」; the antonyms are 「永続的」 and 「確かな」.

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1. 長ながく続つづかない。もろく、かぼそい。
2. かないそうにない。不確ふたしかな。
3. むなしい、無意味むいみな、徒労とろうの。