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JLPT N4 · Certainty & attitude

わざわざ

going out of one's way

Stroke order of わざわざ

4 characters, 14 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

わ · 2 strokesざ · 5 strokesわ · 2 strokesざ · 5 strokes

Memory trick

WAZAWAZA — 'wa-za wa-za': what a zah zah, going out of one's way.

Parts: adverb; taking special trouble

The characters in わざわざ

  • わ わ — wa (2 strokes)
  • ざ ざ — za (5 strokes)
  • わ わ — wa (2 strokes)
  • ざ ざ — za (5 strokes)

Example sentence

わざわざ来てくれてありがとう。

わざわざきてくれてありがとう。

Thank you for going out of your way to come.

More words: Certainty & attitude

かならずwithout failもしかしたらperhaps; possiblyやはりas expected; after allやっぱりas expected; after allまさかsurely not; no wayどうせanyway; after allせっかくwith much trouble; speciallyわざとon purposeなるべくas much as possibleちゃんとproperly; neatly

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