Meaning of 態々 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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態々, 態態JLPT 1
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Kana Readingわざわざ
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Romajiwazawaza
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adverb (fukushi)
- Meaning
- expressly; specially; doing something especially rather than incidentally
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Example Sentences
態々, 態態, わざわざ used in context
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I went all the way to see my friend, only to find him absent.
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She was kind enough to take me to the hospital.
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She troubled herself to take me to the house I was looking for.
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She went out of her way to do such a foolish thing.
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彼女はクリスマスに、本当に素敵な模型飛行機を僕にわざわざ買ってくれた。
At Christmas she went out of her way to buy me a really nice model plane.
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He was busy, but he took the time to show me around the city.
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Kanji found in this word
attitude, condition, figure, appearance, voice (of verbs)
On: タイ
Kun: わざ.と
14 strokes
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