わざわざ
N1 wazawaza
- expressly
- specially
- 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構です。Don't bother to come to my house.不必特意过来。
- 彼はわざわざ髪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"
}
}