わ

Level

JLPT N4

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わ

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Yuzuo Chan

11.06.2025

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Meaning

Sentence-final particle that softens a statement or exclamation and adds the speaker's own feeling, impression or decision, often with a gentle, feminine tone.

Conjugation

(A)V plain form (including negative and past) + わ: (B)い-adj plain form + わ

Examples

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この部屋へや、ちょっと寒さむいわ。

この花はな、とてもきれいだわ。

もう時間じかんだわ。急いそがなくちゃ。

あ、雨あめが降ふっているわ。

今日きょうはお金かねがないから、買かい物ものには行いかないわ。

私わたし、先さきに帰かえるわね。

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grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 僕ぼくも行いきたいだわ。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 僕ぼくも行いきたいわ。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: Do not insert だ between a verb or い-adjective form and the sentence-final particle わ. Although わ can sound feminine in standard Japanese, men also use it in some regional dialects, particularly Kansai.

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: この花はな、きれいわ。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: この花はな、きれいだわ。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: After a noun or な-adjective, だ is needed before わ.

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 私わたしわ学生がくせいです。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 私わたしは学生がくせいです。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: The topic marker is written は (read wa). The particle わ is only used at the end of a sentence.

Key points

Used in casual speech. With a gentle rising or soft intonation, it is associated mainly with women's speech and is common in fiction and 'ojōsama' style, but men also use わ in some dialects, especially Kansai, usually with different intonation. In standard Japanese, men tend to use よ, ぞ, ぜ or な for similar feelings. Unlike よ (giving information) and ね (seeking agreement), わ mainly adds the speaker's feeling, and it combines as わよ and わね. After nouns and な-adjectives, use だわ.

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