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27 Dec 2016
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For the numbers that have two different sayings;
4 - shi/yon
7 - shichi/nana
9 - kyu/ku
Could you explain when each one is supposed to be used? Thank you
For the numbers that have two different sayings;
4 - shi/yon
7 - shichi/nana
9 - kyu/ku
Could you explain when each one is supposed to be used? Thank you
4 - shi/yon
7 - shichi/nana
9 - kyu/ku
Could you explain when each one is supposed to be used? Thank you
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- English (US)
As far as I know a couple of those numbers are seen as bad luck since they may be associated to 'death' so sometimes they'd use the other variant word for that number. They may hold true in more rural and traditional areas.
- Japanese
- Japanese
yon/nana/kyu
4/7/9 times:4/7/9回
4/7/9 platform:4/7/9番線
40/70/90:40/70/90
400/700/900:400/700/900
shi/shichi/ku
April/July/September:4/7/9月
- English (US)
@ESLG not exactly. Shi means death in Japanese. I just did a quick research. If It's a Chinese thing then it's also Japanese.
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@AmethystMoon
>Shi means death in Japanese.✓
> they'd use the other variant word for that number. ×
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