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103 in Japan?

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In the original Japanesse version of Suikoden were there only 103 Stars?
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Huh? Where did you hear that? Of course they have 108 stars.
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Good my friend, said 108 was an unlucky number in Japan. He lived there for 5 years, but he faced off to a Suikoden fan, and was beat. Haha
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108 an unlucky number? How can that be? It is a sacred number--it represents the 108 vices in Buddhism, and that is why Buddhist prayer beads have 108 beads. Typically, a devout buddhist will chant their mantra 108 times while they rotate the beads. When they are done, they would come back to the first bead (which is shaped differently, so you know when you're chanting with your eyes closed).

The original story of Shui Hu Zhuan (Suikoden in Japanese) was written during times when Buddhism was somewhat mainstream in China, and thus the 108 stars are most likely based on tha 108 vices.
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Post by SnowKing »

Not to mention the only unlucky number in Japan is 4 (which happens to be my fav. number but hey).

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I thought 9 was also considered unlucky?
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4 is considered unlucky because one of the ways to say it is "shi" which is also the word for death. So it's kind of ominous. So they usually use 'yon' to say it:)
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Yeah, 9 is also unlucky because it is pronounced "ku" which can mean "suffering." For these reasons, many hospitals don't have a 4th floor, and some don't have a 9th floor in Japan.
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In 1984, when Montreal Expos legend Warren Cromartie signed with the Yomiuri Giants baseball club he had no trouble keeping the same number he wore in Montreal...#49.

The number of Suffering and Death...

He didn't have bad luck though as he went on to hit 35 homers that year, I'm going to go and assume he gained mastery over the number after recruiting the 108 All-Stars of Destiny which ended the curse.
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Sars wrote:Yeah, 9 is also unlucky because it is pronounced "ku" which can mean "suffering." For these reasons, many hospitals don't have a 4th floor, and some don't have a 9th floor in Japan.
I thought the number 9 is pronounced "kyu-" almost sounding like the english Q. At least thats how ive been corrected many times when in japan...
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You guys are so smart! Hey I have a question, about the buddah people praying with 108 beads and closing their eyes. Don't they ever doze off and fall asleep?? I would.. I don't know how they can take it. ANd I think number 6 is a bad luck number.
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apoligies to sars lol. you just simply meant that the number nine had two different words as 4 does i.e yon shi. and 9 ku and kyu (ku and shi not being the right choises of course) apolgies to you sars :P
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Not related to S1, but my friend said 4th floors in japan are replaced by the letter F. Is it true?
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Most buildings have 4th floors in Japan. However, hospitals and some other types of buildings will simply not have a 4th floor. It just goes from third to fifth.

And "ku" is used instead of "kyu" for numbers like "39" - "sanjyuku." Of course, it can also be said as "sanjyukyu" but a lot of Japanese people will omit the "y."
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Uh, so meaning, the floor above the 3rd floor in some of those buildings is technically the 4th floor, but it's called the 5th floor, is that right? Or is there an empty floor above the 3rd floor before the 5th? I hope my question doesn't sound dumb..
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