ご足そく労ろう

noun

trouble of coming; kind visit

Polite expression used to thank someone for making the effort to visit. Often used in phrases like ご足労いただき or ご足労をおかけして.

• 本ほん日じつはご足そく労ろういただき、ありがとうございます。

  Thank you very much for taking the trouble to come today.

• わざわざご足そく労ろうをおかけして申もうし訳わけありません。

  I'm sorry to have put you to the trouble of coming all this way.