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.
No. 1 Mike's correction
  • 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・・・
kanotown
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!
kanotown
Yes, there are so many number sequence patterns that have some meanings!
No. 2 petemondrian's correction
  • 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!
kanotown
Thank you very much for correcting my post! :)
No. 3 Oceansea's correction
  • 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.
kanotown
Thank you very much for correcting me! :D
I learned something new!
No. 4 Echokame's correction
I think everyone else's corrections are pretty good!
kanotown
Thank you so much for checking my post! :)
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