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わざわざ

N1
wazawaza
  1. expressly
  2. specially
  3. doing something especially rather than incidentally
adverb

Also written 態々

Chinese meanings

特意

Examples

  • わざわざおいでにならなくて結けっ構こうです。
    Don't bother to come to my house.
    不必特意过来。
  • 彼かれはわざわざ髪かみにくしをかけたりしない。
    He doesn't bother to comb his hair.
    他不会特意梳头。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('bc47957953'); // わざわざ
{
  "id": "bc47957953",
  "word": "わざわざ",
  "reading": "わざわざ",
  "romaji": "wazawaza",
  "meanings": [
    "expressly",
    "specially",
    "doing something especially rather than incidentally"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1606710,
  "other_forms": [
    "態々"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "わざわざおいでにならなくて結構です。",
      "furigana": "わざわざおいでにならなくて{結構|けっこう}です。",
      "en": "Don't bother to come to my house.",
      "tatoeba_id": 191995
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼はわざわざ髪にくしをかけたりしない。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}はわざわざ{髪|かみ}にくしをかけたりしない。",
      "en": "He doesn't bother to comb his hair.",
      "tatoeba_id": 110261
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "779e7d2a434b9f9b18fdf077f20d8572c26165d83b7278c500afd7d9657487e8",
    "meanings": [
      "特意"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "わざわざおいでにならなくて結構です。",
        "zh": "不必特意过来。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼はわざわざ髪にくしをかけたりしない。",
        "zh": "他不会特意梳头。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/bc47957953",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1606710; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "b7fdd57be630409b8f859e6d87fe17a5812161d688df32cdb9f1c60742f1018e"
  }
}