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Time4aCrusade t1_j20a14n wrote

Is this some sorta cross lingual pun?

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Death_Killer183 t1_j20a57y wrote

Nana is seven in japanese

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Ok_Breakfast_5459 t1_j2169nk wrote

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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Time4aCrusade t1_j20aybn wrote

To be fair, I asked for an explanation.

It's not like they were commenting "Nana is Seven in Japanese! See how clever I am! Dohohoho" unprompted.

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