N2 — outside your level filter

X and then Y, over and over — two actions locked into a cycle that keeps coming round

原稿げんこういてはし、いてはして、とうとうあさになった。

genkou o kaite wa keshi, kaite wa keshite, toutou asa ni natta.

I wrote and deleted, wrote and deleted, and in the end it was morning. neutral

あの、おもちゃをってはき、ってはきてのかえしなんだよ。

ano ko, omocha o katte wa aki, katte wa akite no kurikaeshi na n da yo.

That kid buys a toy, gets bored with it, buys another, gets bored — it's the same thing over and over. casual

ては〜ては

ては〜てはte wa te waN2neutral

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