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態々

わざわざ

expressly; going out of one's way to do something; taking the special trouble to

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Examples

  1. 態々おいでにならなくて結構です。

    わざわざおいでにならなくてけっこうです。

    Please don't go to the trouble of coming.

  2. 態々送ってくださってありがとうございます。

    わざわざおくってくださってありがとうございます。

    Thank you for going out of your way to send it to me.

  3. その本を買うために、態々隣町の書店まで行った。

    そのほんをかうために、わざわざとなりまちのしょてんまでいった。

    I made a special trip to the bookshop in the next town just to buy that book.

  4. 態々嫌なことを言わなくてもいいだろう。

    わざわざいやなことをいわなくてもいいだろう。

    There's no need to go out of your way to say something unpleasant.

Common patterns

態々ありがとうございます
thank you for taking the trouble
態々来る
to come all this way specially
態々～する必要はない
there's no need to go to the trouble of ~

Memory tip

Almost always written in kana. Two opposite tones: warm thanks for someone's trouble, or a barbed "why on earth did you bother". Do not confuse it with わざと, which means "on purpose, deliberately" and usually implies mischief.

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