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〜わい: (old/rough male emphasis)

Character speech · 02 Endings and verbs

Sentence-final particle of old or rough male speech, adding emphasis or exclamation.

Plain form + わい (うまいわい, じゃわい). Heard from elderly characters in anime and period drama. In Osaka slang ワイ also means "I", which is a different word.

Examples

I will not lose to the young ones yet.

This is delicious!

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