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N1 Lesson 6: 17/17

わ〜わ
~and ~and, keep ~ing, one after another, so much, so many, one after another

Structure
Verb［る］+ わ + Verb［る］+ わ(*)

(*) The same verb has to be repeated
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  • (A) わ (A) わ is a pattern used to emphasize that (A) takes place repeatedly or its large degree/amount - often to the speaker's astonishment. 出るわ出るわ is one of the common set phrases.
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「病院（びょういん）に入院（にゅういん）してた時（とき）、いろいろ検査（けんさ）したらまあ、出（で）るわ出（で）るわ…（思（おも）った以上（いじょう）のことが指摘（してき）された）。」
"When I was in the hospital, they did various tests and, well, they just kept coming up..." （the results that were worse than expected）
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    • 「新婚（しんこん）旅行（りょこう）から戻（もど）ったらメールボックスには郵便物（ゆうびんぶつ）があるわあるわ、つかえてしまって引（ひ）っ張（ぱ）ることができなかった。」
    "When we got back from our honeymoon, there was so much mail in the mailbox that it was stuck and I couldn’t pull it out."
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    • 「子供（こども）が転（ころ）んで泣（な）くわ泣（な）くわ。なだめるの大変（たいへん）だった。」
    "Our child fell and cried so much that it was hard to calm her down."
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