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How would I write "red pill" or "red pilled" in Japanese? I'm having a
conversation with a friend overseas about different weird current stuff in US
politics on youtube and I was just wondering how this would be written because
I don't know if I'm coming across clearly with them or not with the written
form of it.

I don't really know Japanese and I tried google translate and it gave me
"赤い丸薬" but I'm wondering if that's correct? Thanks!
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What is "Red Pill" in Japanese?
> How would I write "red pill" or "red pilled" in Japanese?

"赤い錠剤" or "赤いカプセル" is good. "Pill" is translated to [錠剤]{じょうざい} or カプセル, and
ピル (pill, _piru_ ) means an oral contraceptive pill in Japan.

[丸薬]{がんやく} is an old wording; it means a type of kneaded and round shaped
pill. In old times, most pills were made by conventional methods, not by
modern scientific methods. So it's weird to call a modern pill 丸薬.
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I would go with this:

> 「レッドピル」という、[現]{●}[実]{●}を見えるような目を開かせること。

but maybe a native speaker can correct this and tell me whether that would
explain it in a concise way.

Maybe even based 現実 , 真理 or something like that.
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I'm Japanese native. I look for the meaning of "red pill" in Eng-Jpn
dictionary.

I think there is no word or idiom for "red pill" in Japanese. But if I
translate, it would be sentence like this.

幻想を破る - overcome the illusion or 現実を受け入れる - accept reality
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I would recommend:

> 目覚めた{めざめた} mezameta

Even as an American I have not heard that Matrix referenced used in that way
before. Although I think you want to convey the sense of someone waking up to
reality, like Neo taking the red pill in the movie and becoming aware of the
real world.

目覚める means to wake up, or more literally that your eyes are open. I think this
fits well with the question since it seems you want to say that "your eyes
have been opened" or that you have woken up to a new consciousness of reality.

I'd recommend using 目覚める over mentioning anything about a literal "red pill"
unless you know that your friend has seen The Matrix and would get that
reference. If they have seen the movie, you could even reference the scene
directly by saying something like:

> マトリックスでネオが赤い{あかい}ピルを飲んだ{のんだ}時{とき}みたいに私{わたし}は目覚めた{めざめた}。
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