How to say "flashback" in Japanese
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- nounThe loanword, used for a sudden, vivid reliving of a past experience, as when a traumatic memory intrudes on the present; this psychological sense is its home ground.
- 回想シーンかいそうシーンnounLiterally a 'recollection scene': a flashback as a passage in a film, drama, or novel showing events from the past. Use it for the storytelling device, not for a person's sudden memory.
Use 「フラッシュバック」 for a sudden, involuntary reliving of a past experience, the psychological sense; use 「回想シーン」 for a flashback as a scene in a film, drama, or other story.
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