Comments on: Japanese Culture Class #2 - Japanese Superstitions http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/ Learn Japanese with Daily Podcasts from Tokyo Whether you are Japan-bound or a seasoned speaker, our lessons offer something for everyone. We incorporate culture and current issues into each episode to give the most informative, both linguistically and culturally, podcasts possible. For those of you with just the plane ride to prepare, check our survival phrase series at Japanesepod101.com. One of these phrases just might turn your trip into the best one ever! Yoroshiku O-negai Shimasu! Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:55:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Dana http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/#comment-284573 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:43:12 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/#comment-284573 oh my this must be the best culture class!!! oh yeah iv noticed that the word for night in japanese almost pronounced as the word for "ghost" haha i think japanese people made them sound the same cus ghost actually come out at night =/ really freaky lol!! anywayz i really wana learn more about japanese believes can someone give me a link to a website or something like that :razz: oh my this must be the best culture class!!! oh yeah iv noticed that the word for night in japanese almost pronounced as the word for “ghost” haha i think japanese people made them sound the same cus ghost actually come out at night =/ really freaky lol!! anywayz i really wana learn more about japanese believes can someone give me a link to a website or something like that :razz:

]]> by: ashurii http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/#comment-233228 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:50:54 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/#comment-233228 Michael-san, if your still there lol, yes it's true unless you are dead the left goes on top of the right. Hope that helps you! Ashurii Arekusandora Michael-san, if your still there lol, yes it’s true unless you are dead the left goes on top of the right.

Hope that helps you!
Ashurii Arekusandora

]]> by: ashurii http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/#comment-233226 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:46:38 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/#comment-233226 my friend said going into the 3rd stall in a bathroom is bad luck in Japan. Is this true? Thanks! my friend said going into the 3rd stall in a bathroom is bad luck in Japan. Is this true?

Thanks!

]]> by: ashurii http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/#comment-233225 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:45:05 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/#comment-233225 This has to b the most interesting lesson i've listened to! This has to b the most interesting lesson i’ve listened to!

]]> by: Rachael http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/#comment-215975 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:36:04 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/#comment-215975 Yes, snakes are deaf - but they do sense vibrations. Yes, snakes are deaf - but they do sense vibrations.

]]> by: Steve http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/#comment-135239 Wed, 23 May 2007 22:47:22 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/#comment-135239 Ken S. beat me to it, but left off that the digits for 13, 1 & 3, when added together equal 4. The Japanese superstition that I have come across the most wasn't mentioned, so I'll fill the void here. While growing up, I had to do much of the food prep for my mother who is Japanese. She, and especially my aunt, really pay attention to how you cut the vegetables. They believe that if you don't cut clean through, it means the cutter is jealous of someone. So of course, they would ask and I would answer, "Yeah I'm jealous of my older brother who never has to work or do chores!" 1st born sons are spoilt rotten brats in Japan. Ken S. beat me to it, but left off that the digits for 13, 1 & 3, when added together equal 4.

The Japanese superstition that I have come across the most wasn’t mentioned, so I’ll fill the void here. While growing up, I had to do much of the food prep for my mother who is Japanese. She, and especially my aunt, really pay attention to how you cut the vegetables. They believe that if you don’t cut clean through, it means the cutter is jealous of someone. So of course, they would ask and I would answer, “Yeah I’m jealous of my older brother who never has to work or do chores!” 1st born sons are spoilt rotten brats in Japan.

]]> by: Mark Galingan http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/#comment-132125 Wed, 16 May 2007 07:47:52 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/#comment-132125 Hello Peter-san and Company It so amusing that Japanese is also superstitious (as well in our country Philippines). About a month ago I bought my new computer. But I have no enough money to pay for, so I use my credit card to pay for Yonkai, but the cashier tells me that yonkai cant be done, by this it reminds me that 4 is a badluck number.. same in parking there is no 4 either. The interesting part is Japan is a modern country but they are very superstitious. By today how many Japanese or how many percentage of Japanese that still believes in this one? Hello Peter-san and Company

It so amusing that Japanese is also superstitious (as well in our country Philippines). About a month ago I bought my new computer. But I have no enough money to pay for, so I use my credit card to pay for Yonkai, but the cashier tells me that yonkai cant be done, by this it reminds me that 4 is a badluck number.. same in parking there is no 4 either. The interesting part is Japan is a modern country but they are very superstitious. By today how many Japanese or how many percentage of Japanese that still believes in this one?

]]> by: Pieter http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/#comment-121733 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:43:26 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/#comment-121733 Maybe a bit of late response to this podcast (as it's allready quite old). I've started listening to japanesepod101 a little while ago and I came across this one. It is said at a certain point that a night spider is bad luck, but a morning spider is good luck. In the country I live in (the Netherlands), this same superstition exist. Only, the night spider brings good luck and the morning spider brings bad luck. :grin: Maybe a bit of late response to this podcast (as it’s allready quite old). I’ve started listening to japanesepod101 a little while ago and I came across this one. It is said at a certain point that a night spider is bad luck, but a morning spider is good luck. In the country I live in (the Netherlands), this same superstition exist. Only, the night spider brings good luck and the morning spider brings bad luck. :grin:

]]> by: Daniel Beck http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/#comment-17265 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 07:45:54 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/#comment-17265 Laurenceさん、 Welcome to the Save Peter Campaign™. :lol: How should the word "huge" be pronounced? :wink: Laurenceさん、

Welcome to the Save Peter Campaign™. :lol:

How should the word “huge” be pronounced? :wink:

]]> by: Laurence Hewitt http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/#comment-17231 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:04:50 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/14/japanese-culture-class-2-japanese-superstitions/#comment-17231 I love the podcasts. Really excellent information, however, just want to point out that the correct English pronounciation is "hearse," not "hearst." Thanks I love the podcasts. Really excellent information, however, just want to point out that the correct English pronounciation is “hearse,” not “hearst.”

Thanks

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