direct quotation

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Reporting speech using literal quotation marks (「」) followed by the quotative と and a verb of saying or thinking — preserving the exact words rather than paraphrasing. Used for direct speech, internal monologue, or any verbatim citation. Contrasts with indirect speech, which embeds the content as a clause without 「」.

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