百ひゃく度ど参まいり

noun

hundred-times worship; walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine, offering a prayer each time

A traditional Shinto or Buddhist practice of walking back and forth between two points at a shrine or temple one hundred times, praying each time. Often done to make a special request or fulfill a vow.

See also: お百度

• 祖そ母ぼは病びょう気き平へい癒ゆを願ねがって百ひゃく度ど参まいりをした。

  My grandmother performed the hundred-times worship to pray for recovery from illness.

noun

visiting a place repeatedly to make a request

Figurative extension: going to a place (e.g., an office or shop) many times to persistently ask for something, like a favor or permission.

• 彼かれは役やく所しょに百ひゃく度ど参まいりして、やっと許きょ可かをもらった。

  He visited the government office repeatedly and finally got permission.