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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。
（ present singular third-person ）
（ participle present ）
（ past ）
（ participle past ）
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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
When the novel's narrator would break the fourth wall, readers felt both surprised and oddly included in the story.
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When the novel's narrator would break the fourth wall, readers felt both surprised and oddly included in the story.
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