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頓絶法（とんぜつほう、または黙説法、Aposiopesis）とは、語り手または作者が、何かの考えにとらわれて途中まで進めていた発言に間を置くか、発言をやめてしまう修辞技法のこと。
(noun) an abrupt breaking off of an idea mid-sentence that suggests the speaker didn't want to or could not continue.
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The speech was so well planned, that the audience was convinced that the president's aposiopesis was unplanned.