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“To be eccentric” in Japanese

Short answer
常軌を逸する joukiwoissuru joukiwoissuru

To be eccentric in Japanese is “常軌を逸する” (joukiwoissuru). Full meaning: to defy accepted norms, to go off the rails, to be eccentric.

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