Big in Japan?

FrankU · #1 (permalink) Wed Mar 30, 2005 22:28 pm *Big in Japan?*

Big in Japan - is that an idiom and if so what does it mean?
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Alan · #2 (permalink) Wed Mar 30, 2005 23:57 pm *Big in*

It depends on the context but very often this expression is used to apply to film stars/ music groups and people in the world of entertainment. It means very popular/ successful in a country.
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FrankU · #3 (permalink) Thu Mar 31, 2005 18:23 pm *Big in japan again*

Hello Alan! Thank you for answering my question so fast. Is it true that the expression Big in Japan can also have a negative meaning? A friend of mine told me that you say that you are big in Japan, it actually means nobody really knows you in your own country.
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Alan · #4 (permalink) Thu Mar 31, 2005 19:29 pm *Big in Japan*

I suppose anything anyone says can also be used in a sarcastic way but that wasn't my initial reaction.
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