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(idiomatic, fiction) To apparently communicate with reality directly, such as when characters of literature comment on the existence of a reader.

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break the fourth wall

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break the fourth wall

Verb
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
物語の登場人物が、読者や観客に向かって直接語りかけ、フィクション世界と現実世界との境界(第四の壁)を打ち破る行為。
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その小説の語り手が第四の壁を破ると、読者は驚くと同時に不思議と物語に巻き込まれたと感じた。

present singular third-person

participle present

past

participle past

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