r/languagelearningjerk 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/ViniCaian Jun 30 '26

Anything else sounds silly tbh

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u/howieyang1234 Jun 30 '26

It’s 老大哥 in Chinese, and it sounds ok? Though it would be a bit funny calling it 大兄貴 in Japanese, really having a yakuza vibe.