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Japan · Japanese meaning
Utsutsu means waking reality or one’s senses
Japanese utsutsu appears in phrases such as yume-utsutsu. On its own, the noun denotes waking reality or being in one’s senses. Wiktionary also lists a dreamlike sense, but describes it as a mistaken use arising from yume-utsutsu.
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