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  1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-483433439960378587</id><updated>2024-03-13T02:27:35.458-07:00</updated><category term="Culture"/><category term="Language"/><category term="Place"/><category term="Society"/><category term="Urban/Street Culture"/><category term="Words"/><category term="Japanese"/><category term="Play"/><category term="Traditional"/><category term="Car"/><category term="Fashion"/><category term="Samurai"/><category term="philosophy"/><category term="Akihabara"/><category term="Aquarium"/><category term="Art"/><category term="Emoticon"/><category term="Figure"/><category term="Folklore"/><category term="Fujoshi"/><category term="Gambling"/><category term="Job hunting"/><category term="Kaomoji"/><category term="Museum"/><category term="Mythology"/><category term="Nature"/><category term="Ningyō"/><category term="Otaku"/><category term="Prank"/><category term="Problem"/><category term="Religious"/><category term="Sport"/><category term="Sumo"/><category term="Theater"/><category term="humour"/><category term="manga"/><title type='text'>Kasoku Sekai</title><subtitle type='html'>There is no Such World</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereisnosuchworld.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/483433439960378587/posts/default/-/philosophy'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereisnosuchworld.blogspot.com/search/label/philosophy'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12673019705669474934</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-483433439960378587.post-6473690727225854946</id><published>2013-06-25T19:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2013-06-25T19:24:41.831-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Culture"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Language"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="philosophy"/><title type='text'>Four : The Number of Death</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
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  4. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;tofugu.com&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  6. &lt;br /&gt;
  7. In Japan, certain numbers are lucky and unlucky. It’s really important
  8. to know these numbers because if you don’t, you could be accidentally
  9. telling someone you’d like them to suffer a slow agonizing death when
  10. you’re giving them &lt;i&gt;omiyage&lt;/i&gt; (お土産 – souvenirs) from your trip to Japan.&lt;br /&gt;
  11. &lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  12. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  13. &lt;/div&gt;
  14. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  15. &lt;h3&gt;
  16. Death&lt;/h3&gt;
  17. &lt;/div&gt;
  18. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  19. Other place in the world says that unlucky number are 13, But in Japan it&#39;ll be different. Four is an unlucky number in Japan because it sounds like &lt;i&gt;shi&lt;/i&gt; (死 – death). This is why there are two readings for the number four, &lt;i&gt;shi&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;yon&lt;/i&gt;. Whenever possible, people try to avoid using the deathy one. The other one is &lt;i&gt;ku&lt;/i&gt; (九 – nine), which sounds like &lt;i&gt;ku&lt;/i&gt; (苦 – suffering, agony or torture). Similarly to four, there are two readings for nine – &lt;i&gt;ku&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;kyu&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
  20. &lt;br /&gt;
  21. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  22. Some buildings such as hospitals don’t have fourth or ninth floors. Maternity wards may not
  23. have a Room 43 because it sounds like &lt;i&gt;shisan&lt;/i&gt; (死産 – stillbirth).&lt;/div&gt;
  24. &lt;br /&gt;
  25. Certain license plate numbers are not used such as 42, which sounds like &lt;i&gt;shini&lt;/i&gt; (死に – to death); 49, which sounds like &lt;i&gt;shiku&lt;/i&gt; (敷く – to run over); 42-19, which sounds like &lt;i&gt;shini iku&lt;/i&gt; (死に行く – to go and die); 42-56, which sounds like &lt;i&gt;shini-goro&lt;/i&gt; (死に頃 – time to die); and 24, which can be &lt;i&gt;nishi&lt;/i&gt; (二死 – two deaths or two out if you’re a baseball fan).&lt;br /&gt;
  26. &lt;br /&gt;
  27. Some of the Yakuza’s scarier members use their license plates to
  28. express their contempt for their own mortality by choosing 4444. That’s
  29. quite a bit of death and a car with this plate is one you don’t want to
  30. cut off on the highway. You have to get creative when you have a number that sounds like death.&lt;br /&gt;
  31. &lt;h3&gt;
  32. Lucky seven&lt;/h3&gt;
  33. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  34. Like many countries throughout the world, Japan considers the number
  35. seven lucky. This is not imported, but steeped in the country’s
  36. religious traditions. Seven is an important number in Buddhism. Japanese
  37. Buddhists celebrate a baby’s seventh day and mourn the seventh day
  38. after a person dies when the soul is said to cross over.&lt;/div&gt;
  39. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  40. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  41. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  42. In Japanese folklore there are the &lt;i&gt;Shichifukuin&lt;/i&gt; (七福神 – the Seven Gods of Luck). &lt;i&gt;Tanabata&lt;/i&gt;
  43. (七夕 – Evening of the Seventh) is an important summertime holiday that’s
  44. celebrated on July 7th (7/7). The number seven also makes many
  45. appearances in pachinko parlors and scratch tickets.&lt;/div&gt;
  46. &lt;h3&gt;
  47. Lucky eight?&lt;/h3&gt;
  48. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  49. Although slightly less well-known, eight is also a lucky number. This is due to its shape – 八. Called &lt;i&gt;suehirogari&lt;/i&gt; (末広がり), it’s lucky because it widens at the bottom which reminds one of prosperity and growth.&lt;/div&gt;
  50. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  51. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  52. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  53. Japanese people tend to be quite superstitious and this is why lucky
  54. and unlucky numbers are important. You should never give someone four or
  55. nine of something. Gifts are given in threes and fives instead.&lt;br /&gt;
  56. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  57. &lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;5BEAHUJ2ZR4U&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereisnosuchworld.blogspot.com/feeds/6473690727225854946/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereisnosuchworld.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-number-of-death.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/483433439960378587/posts/default/6473690727225854946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/483433439960378587/posts/default/6473690727225854946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereisnosuchworld.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-number-of-death.html' title='Four : The Number of Death'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12673019705669474934</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6tRCh-q_i6w_H-S3MhZcc7WqzeKIDdZG7HyLclGQO-GOIVL6aoLucBo1HJR8_YjXDxBpytm0PaVUyE5HTZUsmvlCdhXpym6rSyhqWqUCZv8sikk16ZI7x5KdxzBCLbf342VKEMsvpdko/s72-c/elevator-four.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-483433439960378587.post-1588076444439938211</id><published>2011-09-05T00:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2014-08-07T20:27:11.564-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Culture"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="philosophy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Samurai"/><title type='text'>Bushido: the Way of the Warrior</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  58. When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
  59. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  60. if he wants to pull back, send him on his way.&lt;/div&gt;
  61. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  62. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  63. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  64. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  65. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSlkUNalzL1p58u4O2uPmfMTUqR7TDzAzv_R0X9dHZ-6jmw07rjuCoNQ3Dki2SpxosqWLJSVq2JaREY0JaLADRffcJGVSYC2XE0UoiMuY4iQPWlpYORM2rcSKyu3COgn73Udfn5X3tlzp/s1600/samurai.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSlkUNalzL1p58u4O2uPmfMTUqR7TDzAzv_R0X9dHZ-6jmw07rjuCoNQ3Dki2SpxosqWLJSVq2JaREY0JaLADRffcJGVSYC2XE0UoiMuY4iQPWlpYORM2rcSKyu3COgn73Udfn5X3tlzp/s1600/samurai.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  66. &lt;br /&gt;
  67. Samurai have been the most powerful social class in Japan for centuries. From the 12th century, the warrior class known in Japanese as ‘bushi’ or ‘samurai’, started having power within the social structure and even within the political sphere. Samurai followed a lifestyle, an ethos, certain rules, a code, which spread to all levels of society and even today it affects the way Japanese people think and behave.&lt;br /&gt;
  68. &lt;br /&gt;
  69. &lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  70. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  71. Bushidō (武士道) is a Japanese word which is used to describe a uniquely Japanese code of conduct and a way of the samurai life. The last character (do : 道) could be translated as ‘way’or a way living with continual intelligent observation or thought. It originates from the samurai moral code and stresses frugality, loyalty, martial arts mastery, and honor unto death.&lt;br /&gt;
  72. &lt;/div&gt;
  73. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  74. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  75. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx7bT4DkTwHsDcmNV7T169P6irDjbizPWgV8d6gqVxmTG_Kxp1a3nA1H6S45xrcyvmyF9HePQeGxGN0WtuJRLeiF0_hk036jGiOjb-hUJpzDfpChTlFf7c4RauRVd1bWcZbXxbomjhDQgn/s1600/Samurai+%25282%2529.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx7bT4DkTwHsDcmNV7T169P6irDjbizPWgV8d6gqVxmTG_Kxp1a3nA1H6S45xrcyvmyF9HePQeGxGN0WtuJRLeiF0_hk036jGiOjb-hUJpzDfpChTlFf7c4RauRVd1bWcZbXxbomjhDQgn/s320/Samurai+%25282%2529.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  76. &lt;br /&gt;
  77. Bushido takes its influences from two religious disciplines, Zen Buddhism and Confucianism. Buddhism came through China during the 6th century and ever since it has greatly influenced Japanese culture. Specifically, a sect called Zen was the one that settled in Japan with greatest strength. The main goal of Zen is to achieve enlightenment by freeing one’s mind, searching the way to unite soul and body, in order to calm the soul until there is no thoughts in one’s mind.&lt;/div&gt;
  78. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  79. &lt;br /&gt;
  80. Confucianism also came through China during the 12th century. Relationships among human beings are the core of society, so we must respect our ancestors, our relatives, our superiors. It defended the values of loyalty, justice and honor. Confucianism is still in the mind of the Japanese people today, making them respect their superiors very much, as well as their families and their enterprises.&lt;br /&gt;
  81. &lt;br /&gt;
  82. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2gBJfYnjOQkiqCWR5VorqiKzeVPlYYJ6r3bd0QFc23POYi6DKr8_07talo-nynuJO7VQa2QFk8RpXgmWmMUHEvsFpbtdJZlv9EfPN5TTR-3MqaD-DRE38CsKxNUfktYPwgTHLdC6ECLk/s1600/81px-Busido_kal.svg.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2gBJfYnjOQkiqCWR5VorqiKzeVPlYYJ6r3bd0QFc23POYi6DKr8_07talo-nynuJO7VQa2QFk8RpXgmWmMUHEvsFpbtdJZlv9EfPN5TTR-3MqaD-DRE38CsKxNUfktYPwgTHLdC6ECLk/s1600/81px-Busido_kal.svg.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  83. The Bushidō code is typified by seven virtues:&lt;br /&gt;
  84. Rectitude (義 gi)&lt;br /&gt;
  85. Courage (勇 yū)&lt;br /&gt;
  86. Benevolence (仁 jin)&lt;br /&gt;
  87. Respect (礼 rei)&lt;br /&gt;
  88. Honesty (誠 makoto)&lt;br /&gt;
  89. Honor (名誉 meiyo)&lt;br /&gt;
  90. Loyalty (忠義 chūgi)&lt;br /&gt;
  91. &lt;br /&gt;
  92. &lt;br /&gt;
  93. &lt;br /&gt;
  94. &amp;nbsp;In the case of honor, they were really strict. “Better to die before being a disgrace” was their philosophy. Samurai always tried to be in the first line of battle, and if they failed to uphold his honor he could only regain it by performing seppuku (suicide), cutting their abdomen with their sword. &lt;/div&gt;
  95. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
  96. &lt;br /&gt;
  97. Loyalty might be one of the most important values for the samurai. They were completely loyal to their “feudal lord”, and they risked their lives for him on a daily basis. Samurai didn’t mind dying as long as they didn’t regret anything they had done during their lives. Meaning they always had to try to be loyal and free their minds of any “stain”.&lt;br /&gt;
  98. &lt;br /&gt;
  99. Bushido is still present in Japanese society, in their mind, in their families, in their companies and in Japan in general. Bushido may have been one of the factors that has helped in the restoration of the country several times after destruction in the last 150 years.&lt;br /&gt;
  100. &lt;/div&gt;
  101. &lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;5BEAHUJ2ZR4U&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thereisnosuchworld.blogspot.com/feeds/1588076444439938211/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thereisnosuchworld.blogspot.com/2011/09/bushido-way-of-warrior.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/483433439960378587/posts/default/1588076444439938211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/483433439960378587/posts/default/1588076444439938211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thereisnosuchworld.blogspot.com/2011/09/bushido-way-of-warrior.html' title='Bushido: the Way of the Warrior'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12673019705669474934</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSlkUNalzL1p58u4O2uPmfMTUqR7TDzAzv_R0X9dHZ-6jmw07rjuCoNQ3Dki2SpxosqWLJSVq2JaREY0JaLADRffcJGVSYC2XE0UoiMuY4iQPWlpYORM2rcSKyu3COgn73Udfn5X3tlzp/s72-c/samurai.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>

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