jmdict 2860507 Active (id#2294374)
パンとサーカス
  1. [exp,n] {politics}
    • bread and circuses
History:
    • A 2024-03-14 00:05:46 Jim Breen (id#2294374)
    • Comments
      OK
    • A* 2024-03-13 09:12:25 Marcus Richert (id#2294297)
    • Comments
      愚民政策 has a more specific meaning (it's an entry)
    • Diff
      @@ -11 +11 @@
      -<gloss>bread and circuses (metaphor for stupid people's policies)</gloss>
      +<gloss>bread and circuses</gloss>
    • A 2024-03-13 07:05:52 Jim Breen (id#2294283)
    • Comments
      I guess we can just follow Daijisen.
    • Refs
      Daijs: 現代では愚民政策の比喩としても用いられる。
    • Diff
      @@ -10 +10,2 @@
      -<gloss>bread and circuses</gloss>
      +<field>&politics;</field>
      +<gloss>bread and circuses (metaphor for stupid people's policies)</gloss>
    • A* 2024-03-12 22:24:14 Jim Breen (id#2294236)
    • Comments
      I can't see this being used in political contexts in Japanese. The WWW hits seem to be either to the original Latin, or to popular music.
    • Refs
      https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/パンとサーカス
      パンとサーカス	4633
    • Diff
      @@ -10,2 +9,0 @@
      -<field>&politics;</field>
      -<misc>&id;</misc>
    • A* 2024-03-12 08:19:18 (id#2294190)
    • Diff
      @@ -9,0 +10 @@
      +<field>&politics;</field>
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