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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
I just learned on the elevator that many superstitous Japanese avoid the number 4 because it resembles the Japanese word for "death," and avoid the number 9 because it is similar to the Japanese word for "torture." I have heard that there are many Japanese living in California. Are any of them 49ers fans?
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The word for four and the word for death are the same. There are many buildings in Japan that do not have a fourth floor. There is rarely a four in an address. Ku (pronounced keu) is nine in Japanese. I do not know the word for torture but I had never heard that it was similar to nine. I never saw a building without a ninth floor. Do you know what the word (or Konji) is for torture?
