わ～わ

わ～わ strings things together in a rush, to say there was far more than you'd expect. It goes after the plain form, and its commonest shape repeats one verb in the dictionary form: "it kept on and on".

The verb stays in the dictionary form even when the story is in the past. The pattern is casual and loud – amazement or exasperation – and men and women both use it.

Different things in a row

With two different verbs or adjectives, わ～わ lists things that piled up on each other. A noun or a な-adjective takes だ before わ. Each item usually has its own topic with は.

When a result follows, the last わ usually takes で. That use has its own point, わ〜～わで.