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Ok_Breakfast_5459 t1_j2169nk wrote

Reply to comment by Death_Killer183 in I took my Japanese girlfriend to meet my nana by im_pride

We used to count up to ten in karate class and 7 sounded like titch.

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MovTheGopnik t1_j21k0iw wrote

You’re probably thinking of “shichi” which also means seven. Four also has two words, “yon” and “shi”. I know that four has an alternative word because “shi” also means “death”, hence why the number four is unlucky in Japan and other Asian countries, but I’m not sure of the explanation for the number seven.

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Wring159 t1_j24x2dr wrote

Shi = death, shichi = place of death, same w 9 where it can be read kyuu/ku where ku = suffering

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