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ブレーン

also: ブレイン

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

brains behind an operation; adviser; brain trust

abbreviation

Refers to a person or group that supplies ideas, strategy, or expert advice. It is an abbreviation of ブレーントラスト.

See also: ブレーントラスト

彼かれは首しゅ相しょうのブレーンとして政せい策さく作づくりに関かかわった。
He was involved in making policy as an adviser to the prime minister.

選せん挙きょ戦せん略りゃくは若わかいブレーンたちが考かんがえた。

A group of young strategists came up with the election strategy.

2

noun

brain; brain organ

Katakana use for the physical brain. In ordinary Japanese, 脳 is the normal word; ブレーン or ブレイン is more likely in foreign-word contexts, titles, branding, or explanatory references.

普ふ通つうの文ぶん章しょうでは、ブレインよりも「脳のう」と書かくほうが自し然ぜんだ。
In ordinary writing, it is more natural to write 脳 than ブレイン.

Written forms

ブレーンUsage57%
High-priority form. Especially common for an adviser, strategist, or the intellectual force behind an organization or project.
ブレインUsage43%
Attested variant. Often feels closer to the foreign-word spelling and may be encountered in names, compounds, or direct references to the brain.

Similar words

ブレーントラスト
The fuller expression for a group of advisers or experts; ブレーン is its shorter, more flexible abbreviation.
顧こ問もん
Means an adviser or consultant as an official role; ブレーン emphasizes strategic or intellectual support behind the scenes.
脳のう
The standard Japanese word for the brain as an organ; ブレーン and ブレイン are katakana alternatives and are much less ordinary for the anatomical sense.

Etymology

Katakana form. No language of origin is specified. The spelling and meanings are conventionally associated with the English word “brain,” but this word also has a specifically Japanese abbreviation sense related to ブレーントラスト.