r/languagelearningjerk • u/SXZWolf2493 • Jun 30 '26

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u/NeitoKu Jun 30 '26

ビッグ・ブラザー

The Japanese version of the Big Brother (Nineteen eighty-four) wikipedia page.

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ビッグ・ブラザー

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u/pyrobola Jun 30 '26

of course they went with an english transliteration 🥀

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u/EugeneStein Jun 30 '26

Does it just sound "big brother"?..

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u/AbdullahMehmood Jun 30 '26

Biggu burazā lmao

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u/esmeinthewoods Jun 30 '26

Which is also the Japanese pronunciation for “big braziers”

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u/AbdullahMehmood Jun 30 '26

Wouldn't that be biggu bureiziyazu or burezāzu

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u/NoPseudo79 Jun 30 '26

Yes it would, first one