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Coming all the way out here with 足を運ぶ

Idiom Explanation: Going out of your way to do something with 足を運ぶ

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As Suwa and his friends leave Kakeru’s grandmother’s house, Suwa apologizes for the bother.

おばあさん:
「いいえ　こんな所(ところ)まで足(あし)を運(はこ)んで下(くだ)さってとても素敵(すてき)な時間(じかん)をありがとう」
“No, thank you very much for coming all the way here and having such a wonderful time.”
Literal: “No, thank you for carrying your feet all the way to a place like this and giving me such a wonderful time.”

Key Points

1足(あし)を運(はこ)ぶ = make the trip
  • Literally it is “to carry one’s feet”, but in real usage it means going somewhere deliberately.
  • Here it conveys gratitude that they took the trouble to come all the way to her place.
2こんな所(ところ)まで strengthens the feeling of effort
  • 「こんな所(ところ)まで」 means “all the way to a place like this”.
3Honorific request form: 下(くだ)さって
  • 「足(あし)を運(はこ)んで下(くだ)さって」 is a polite, grateful way to say “for coming”.
  • The grandmother is respectfully describing the visitors’ action and thanking them for it.
4One long thank-you sentence
  • The sentence joins two reasons for gratitude: they came all the way there, and they shared a wonderful time.
  • That is why the line ends with ありがとう, covering both parts at once.

Vocabulary

(Time)

時間(じかん) means time, an amount of time, or the interval between two points.

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