fleeting love; transient feelings
Dated term for romantic feelings or affection that are temporary and not lasting. Often carries a poetic or melancholic tone.
The fleeting love vanished like spring's thin snow.
hint of kindness
Dated expression for a small, perhaps superficial or temporary, show of kindness. May imply the kindness is not deep or lasting.
彼の言葉には徒情けのひとかけらも感じられなかった。
I couldn't feel even a hint of kindness in his words.
wasted compassion
Dated term for compassion or sympathy that is ultimately futile or unappreciated, often with a sense of regret.
いくら尽くしても、それは徒情けに終わるだけだった。
No matter how much I devoted myself, it only ended up as wasted compassion.
徒 (あだ) means 'vain' or 'fleeting' and is used in other compounds like 徒花 (あだばな, non-fruit-bearing flower). 徒情け combines this with 情け.
Standard kanji spelling for this dated term.
Alternate kanji spelling using 仇 (enemy/grudge), which can add a nuance of harmful or futile emotion.
Compound of 徒 (あだ, 'vain, fleeting') and 情け (なさけ, 'compassion, sympathy'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is dated and primarily found in literary contexts.