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つかの

expressionnounnoun (generic)noun taking the genitive case particle のadjective (generic)

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moment, brief space of time

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つかのしあわせを大切たいせつにしたい。

I want to cherish the fleeting moments of happiness.

なつよる花火はなびつかのうつくしさがあるからこそ、人々ひとびとこころつのだ。

It is precisely because summer night fireworks possess a fleeting beauty that they move people's hearts.

つかの休息きゅうそくれないほど、仕事しごといそがしかった。

Work was so busy that I couldn't even take a brief moment of rest.

たびつかれをやしてくれたつかの温泉おんせんが、いまでもわすれられない。

I still cannot forget the brief respite of the hot spring that eased the fatigue of my journey.

戦火せんかなかでもつかの平和へいわおとずれることがあったという。

It is said that even amid the flames of war, there were times when a brief moment of peace would come.