JLPT N1Spoken, casualTwo uses

わ～わone after another; what with … and …

Said twice, わ piles things up with feeling. The same verb twice, 出でるわ出でるわ, is amazement at how much keeps coming. Two different troubles, each with わ, are a bad day told as a drama.

the same verb twice

押おし入いれを片かたづけ始はじめたら、出でるわ出でるわ、古ふるい写しゃ真しんが山やまほど出でてきた。

I started clearing out the closet and out they came, one after another: a mountain of old photos.

one trouble after another

朝あさから目め覚ざましは鳴ならないわ、電でん車しゃは止とまるわで、会かい議ぎに遅おくれてしまった。

First my alarm didn't go off, then the trains stopped, and I ended up late for the meeting.

The same verb twice

Verb (dictionary form) + わ + the same verb + わ

出でるわ出でるわ, 来くるわ来くるわ, いるわいるわ. The dictionary form, even when it is all in the past.

One trouble after another

A わ + B わ（で）+ how it ended

A and B are plain forms, mostly verbs and い-adjectives: 降ふるわ, 来こないわ, 高たかいわ. The verbs usually stay in the present.

Neither is the わ that ends a sentence. This one comes in twos, and anyone says it: in conversation and lively storytelling, not in formal writing.

出でるわ出でるわ: it just keeps coming

For a sight that astonished you: things pouring out, people pouring in.

店みせを開あけたとたん、客きゃくが来くるわ来くるわ、昼ひる前まえにはパンが全ぜん部ぶ売うり切きれた。

The moment we opened, customers came pouring in, and all the bread had sold out before noon.

A

昨日きのうのバーゲン、どうだった？

How was the sale yesterday?

B

いやあ、人ひとがいるわいるわ。レジに三さん十じゅっ分ぷんも並ならんだよ。

Oh, the people. They were everywhere. I stood in line at the register for thirty minutes.

AわBわ（で）: one trouble on top of another

You name two or three things that went wrong, then say how it ended. It is nearly always a complaint.

A

旅りょ行こう、どうだった？

How was the trip?

B

それが、雨あめは降ふるわ、財さい布ふは落おとすわで、さんざんだったよ。

Well, it rained, I lost my wallet… it was a disaster.

店てん内ないは暑あついわ、音おん楽がくはうるさいわで、全ぜん然ぜん落おち着つけなかった。

The place was hot, the music was loud, and I couldn't relax at all.

引ひっ越こし当とう日じつは、荷に物もつは届とどかないわ、電でん気きはつかないわ、散さん々ざんだった。

On moving day our things didn't arrive, the power wouldn't come on… it was a disaster.

No で: the list runs straight into the verdict.

Close neighbours

しN4

The everyday way to pile up reasons, good or bad, in a level voice. わ～わ tells the same bad luck with more heat.

雨あめは降ふるし、電でん車しゃは遅おくれるし、今日きょうは大たい変へんだった。

It rained, the train was late… what a day.

やら～やらN2

A couple of things out of a jumble that was all a bit much. Calmer, and it lists things and feelings as well as events.

電でん車しゃが遅おくれるやら雨あめが降ふり出だすやらで、約やく束そくに遅おくれてしまった。

What with the train running late and the rain starting, I ended up late for my appointment.

わN4

Said once, at the end of a sentence. Low and falling, it is casual, and anyone says it. Soft and rising, it is women's speech.

私わたしも行いくわ。

I'll go too.

Soft and rising.

Check yourself

1What is this person telling you?

箱はこを開あけたら、昔むかしの手て紙がみがあるわあるわ。

Choose an answer to see why.

2Which ending fits?

上じょう司しには怒おこられるわ、終しゅう電でんは逃のがすわで、（　　）。

Choose an answer to see why.

More detail

Now and then it is good things that pile up.

料りょう理りはおいしいわ、店てん員いんさんは親しん切せつだわで、みんな大だい満まん足ぞくだった。

The food was delicious, the staff were kind, and everyone was delighted.

A noun or a な-adjective takes だわ.

More sentences

書しょ類るいは多おおいわ、締しめ切きりは近ちかいわで、昨さく夜やはほとんど眠ねむれなかった。

There was a mountain of paperwork and the deadline was close, so I barely slept last night.

子こどもは泣なくわ、犬いぬはほえるわで、電でん話わの声こえがよく聞きこえなかった。

Between the child crying and the dog barking, I couldn't hear the person on the phone very well.

ホテルは駅えきから遠とおいわ、部屋へやは狭せまいわで、もう二に度どと泊とまりたくない。

The hotel was far from the station and the room was cramped, so I never want to stay there again.

雨あめは降ふるわ、風かぜは強つよいわで、傘かさがまったく役やくに立たたなかった。

It was raining and the wind was fierce, so the umbrella was completely useless.