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jamais vu

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Source Word

jamais vu

uncountable

A sense of unfamiliarity with, or of never having experienced or seen before, something that should be familiar.

Japanese Meaning

本来慣れ親しんでいるはずのものや状況が、急に見知らぬもののように感じられる現象（逆既視感） / 既知のものが未知のものとして認識される、不思議な感覚

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While reciting the familiar poem, he suddenly experienced a vivid jamais vu that made every line seem strangely foreign.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

なじみのある詩を朗読していると、突然、鮮烈な見慣れたものがまるで初めて見るかのように感じられる感覚に襲われ、どの一節も奇妙に見知らぬもののように思えた。

Sense（1）

A sense of unfamiliarity with, or of never having experienced or seen before, something that should be familiar.

The subtle, recurring confusion between illusion and reality that was characteristic of paramnesia fascinated the chaplain, and he knew a number of things about it. He knew, for example, that it was called paramnesia, and he was interested as well in such corollary optical phenomena as jamais vu, never seen, and presque vu, almost seen.

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