On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Jeremy T. Walker wrote:

Anybody out there know anything about
general lucky and unlucky numbers in
Japan? I need to know what they are.
(i.e. 13 in the US being unlucky?)

The unlucky number in Japan is 4.

Four has two pronunciations.  'Yon' and the older 'Shi'.  'Shi' (different
kan'ji, same sound) is also the root of 'death'.  Draw your own
conclusions as to why 4 is the unlucky number in Japanese culture...

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