徒あだ情なさけ

noun

fleeting love; transient feelings

Dated term for romantic feelings or affection that are temporary and not lasting. Often carries a poetic or melancholic tone.

• 徒あだ情なさけは、まるで春はるの淡あわ雪ゆきのように消きえていった。

  The fleeting love vanished like spring's thin snow.

noun

hint of kindness

Dated expression for a small, perhaps superficial or temporary, show of kindness. May imply the kindness is not deep or lasting.

• 彼かれの言こと葉ばには徒あだ情なさけのひとかけらも感かんじられなかった。

  I couldn't feel even a hint of kindness in his words.

noun

wasted compassion

Dated term for compassion or sympathy that is ultimately futile or unappreciated, often with a sense of regret.

• いくら尽つくしても、それは徒あだ情なさけに終おわるだけだった。

  No matter how much I devoted myself, it only ended up as wasted compassion.