Big In Japan

What is Big In Japan?

1.

To say/pretend you are someone of stature somewhere else, meaningless and not verifiable where you currently are.

"Yeah, I am big in Japan"

See pretender, fake, showoff, loser

2.

Big in Japan is an instrumental, experimental band based out of Baltimore, MD. The members of the band make up 3/5ths of Lake Trout. Drums - Mike Lowry, Bass - James Griffith, Keyboard/Rhodes/Soprano Sax/Flute/Drum Machine - Matthew Pierce.

Big in Japan is HUGE in Baltimore.

See baltimore, big beat, ambient, rock, lake trout

3.

Also the name of a late 1970s punk band. "Big in Japan" is also referenced in the lyrics of several other bands such as Tom Waits and New Radicals, where the phrase is used to describe the singer's supposed fame in Japan, not the punk band.

"...I hear I'm big in Japan..." - Taken from the lyrics of You Only Get What You Give, by New Radicals.

See big, japan, new, tom
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