お百ひゃく度どを踏ふむ

expression, godan verb (-mu)

visit repeatedly to make a request; make persistent visits

Figurative use derived from the shrine ritual; describes someone who keeps going back to a person or place to ask for something, often with a sense of persistence or importunity.

• 彼かれは就しゅう職しょくの依い頼らいで、あの会かい社しゃにお百ひゃく度どを踏ふんだ。

  He visited that company again and again to ask for a job.

expression, godan verb (-mu)

walk back and forth in front of a shrine, praying a hundred times

Literal meaning: the traditional Shinto practice of walking back and forth between two points at a shrine while praying, originally done one hundred times. Now often used figuratively (sense 1).

• 願ねがい事ごとが叶かなうように、神じん社じゃでお百ひゃく度どを踏ふんだ。

  I walked back and forth at the shrine, praying a hundred times, hoping my wish would come true.