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【No. 0215】Car License Plate in Japan

Jul 21, 2015 18:22
In Japan, one character of hiragana is used on every car license plate.

However, only four characters, 「お」,「し」,「ん」 and 「へ」 don't be used.

Today, I'd like to introduce these reasons.

「お」： Because this character is very similar to 「あ」.

「し」： Because this character implies 「死 (death)」.

「ん」： Because it is difficult to pronounce this character.

「へ」： Because this character implies 「屁 (poot)」, and there is a possibility that interferes your driving by laughing.

Until today, I didn't know these facts. Hehehe.

Corrections (4)

No. 1　Mike
  • However, only four characters, 「お」,「し」,「ん」 and 「へ」 don't be used.
  • However, only four characters, 「お」,「し」,「ん」 and 「へ are not used.

「し４４－４４」にしたかったのに・・・

Toru
Thank you so much for the correction!
Haha, you're brave. Most Japanese fear that number.

また、怖いナンバーとしてはこんなものもあります。
「み 75-64（みなごろし：massacre）」
Echokame
wow!! You can get so many different meanings from numbers in Japanese!
Toru
Yes, there are so many number sequence patterns that have some meanings!
No. 2　petemondrian
  • In Japan, one character of hiragana is used on every car license plate.
  • In Japan, one hiragana character is used on every car license plate.
  • However, only four characters, 「お」,「し」,「ん」 and 「へ」 don't be used.
  • However, only four characters, 「お」,「し」,「ん」 and 「へ」, are not used.

    However, there are four characters, 「お」,「し」,「ん」 and 「へ」, that are not used.

  • Today, I'd like to introduce these reasons.
  • Today, I'd like to introduce these reasons.

    I'll explain why that is.

  • 「お」： Because this character is very similar to 「あ」.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • 「し」： Because this character implies 「死 (death)」.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • 「ん」： Because it is difficult to pronounce this character.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • 「へ」： Because this character implies 「屁 (poot)」, and there is a possibility that interferes your driving by laughing.
  • 「へ」： Because this character implies 「屁 (poot)」, and there is a possibility that this will make you laugh and interfere with your driving.

    (lol poot ^^
    good thing I'm not driving right now.)

  • Until today, I didn't know these facts.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
Toru
Thank you very much for correcting my post! :)
No. 3　Oceansea
  • In Japan, one character of hiragana is used on every car license plate.
  • In Japan, one hiragana character of hiragana is used on every car license plate.

    When speaking about a car license plate, we usually just say "license plate" because it is obvious what we mean. We won't normally specify unless we are talking about a license plate for something else. For example, "I bought a license plate for my trailer."

  • However, only four characters, 「お」,「し」,「ん」 and 「へ」 don't be used.
  • However, only four characters, 「お」,「し」,「ん」 and 「へ」 don't be are not used.
  • Today, I'd like to introduce these reasons.
  • Today, I'd like to introduce the reasons why.

    You need to say "why" or "why that is." Otherwise, the sentence does not sound complete.

  • 「へ」： Because this character implies 「屁 (poot)」, and there is a possibility that interferes your driving by laughing.
  • 「へ」： Because this character implies 「屁 (poot)」, and there is a possibility that this will interferes with your driving by causing you to laugh.

    Hahaha.

Toru
Thank you very much for correcting me! :D
I learned something new!
No. 4　Echokame

I think everyone else's corrections are pretty good!

Toru
Thank you so much for checking my post! :)

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