In Japan, why can you not buy certain items in groups of four?
Correct answer: It is considered to bring on bad luck.
Timoteo
The similarity between the word for four and the word for death exists in Chinese, too.
Player #151898054
In my state, up until the early 80s I think, you couldn't buy the bowls at all if it was a Sunday. "Blue Laws" limited Sunday sales pretty much to food and medicine, IIRC. Entire aisles in the supermarket were roped off. Of course, don't even think about buying alcohol, other than the rubbing variety.
WhoLetTheDogsOut?
It sounds very unlucky if you only need 4 sets of crockery and someone makes you buy 5.
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"She" in the explanation should be "shi"
Frankie
Arohanui, Does not sound like...It can mean still birth.