TIL Japan is superstitious about the number 4
superstition·@acidyo·
0.000 HBDTIL Japan is superstitious about the number 4
>In Japan, certain numbers are lucky and unlucky. It's really important to know these numbers because if you don't, you could be accidentally telling someone you'd like them to suffer a slow agonizing death when you're giving them omiyage (お土産, souvenirs) from your trip to Kyoto. >Four is an unlucky number in Japan because it sounds like shi (死 – death). This is why there are two readings for the number four, shi and yon. Whenever possible, people try to avoid using the deathy one. >The same is true of the ku (九 – nine), which sounds like ku (苦 – suffering, agony or torture). Similarly to four, there are two readings for nine – ku and kyu. >Some buildings such as hospitals don't have fourth or ninth floors. [Rest of the Article from Lingualift.com](https://www.lingualift.com/blog/lucky-unlucky-numbers-japan/) ____ Some examples:    [Image source](https://www.tofugu.com/japan/japanese-superstitions/) [Image source 2](https://mliesl.edu/2016/09/06/lucky-and-unlucky-numbers-in-japan/) [Image source 3](http://nac326.blog103.fc2.com/blog-entry-3.html)
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