残像だ
ざんぞうだ (Zanzō da.)
That was an afterimage.
Example 1Basic Example
鬼ごっこでタッチしたと思ったら、するりとよけた子が「残像だ」とにやりと笑った。
In a game of tag, just as I thought I'd touched him, the boy slipped away and grinned: "That was an afterimage."
Example 2Applied Example
(体重計の数字が出た瞬間、とび降りた父が)今のは……残像だ。
(Dad, jumping off the scale the moment the number appeared) "That... was an afterimage."
Emotion: Cool & Serious Cocky & TauntingScene: Battle
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