I love English language word play, but the Japanese version is more difficult for me. There are a number of faux holidays that make use of words or numbers in a type of word play. April 6 is known as Castle Day (Shiro no Hi). Shi (4) and Ro (6) make up the Japanese word for castle, shiro.
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5 comments:
Hi Pamela i love castles these are so different to the ones in Scotland,hope you have a wonderful day my friend xx
That's fascinating. The Hebrew language does something similar, which I can't explain because I don't actually know the language, but the "names" of numbers do take on significance. I would like to see more of the Japanese number-names in some future post on your blog!
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I think that's a neat holiday. and very interesting how the words go together. Rick is always talking about that but I am never quite sure what he means! Or rather, I get it -- but I'm not sure how I'd understand it to read or deal with daily!
My next visit will include more time in Osaka, a beautiful castle.
The Japanese seem to love their word plays, and I giggle with glee everytime I actually 'get' one!
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