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In this case wa modifies a particle to make it sound more feminine. It's not a particle by itself.

For example "yo" might become "wayo".

I'm not sure I know about "wa" being used in that way by itself (maybe in some cases you can completely replace the particle with "wa" when it's obvious) but I'm not a native speaker (this is information I'm relaying from by partner/teacher)




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