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足を運ぶ

あしをはこぶ

to go in person

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Examples

  1. 店に足を運んだ。

    みせにあしをはこんだ。

    I went to the shop in person.

  2. 遠くまで足を運んでくださって、ありがとうございます。

    とおくまであしをはこんでくださって、ありがとうございます。

    Thank you for coming all this way.

  3. 何度も役所に足を運んだが、手続きは終わらなかった。

    なんどもやくしょにあしをはこんだが、てつづきはおわらなかった。

    I made the trip to the city office again and again, but the paperwork still wasn't finished.

Common patterns

わざわざ足を運ぶ
to go to the trouble of coming in person
何度も足を運ぶ
to make the trip many times
足を運んでくださる
to be kind enough to come (honorific)

Memory tip

It stresses the effort of physically going, so it is warm when you thank a visitor and weary when you describe your own repeated trips. Plain 行く carries none of that; this phrase is common in business speech.

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