adverbial N3 common casualpolitewritten

わざわざ — go out of one's way to ~

わざわざ

Meaning

go out of one's way to / take the trouble to / specially — doing something deliberately despite the effort, when one needn't

Highlights deliberate extra effort. Appreciative when thanking; pointed or sarcastic when criticizing — わざわざ言いわなくていい = 'you didn't have to make a point of saying that.'

Key sentence

わざわざ来きてくれてありがとう。

Thank you for coming all this way.

Examples

わざわざ駅えきまで迎むかえに来きてくれた。

She went out of her way to meet me at the station.

近ちかいんだから、わざわざ車くるまで行いかなくてもいい。

It's close, so there's no need to specially go by car.

Easily confused with

せっかくわざわざ spotlights the act of taking trouble; せっかく frames that effort or opportunity as precious — a shame to waste.

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Sources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar.

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