Learn how and when to remove this template message, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, minor, trivial or unrelated fictional references, "3/9 Marks Happy "Miku" & "Zaku" Day In Japan, Fan Artists Mark The Occasion", Tower's developers considered several figures before finally settling on 634, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japanese_wordplay&oldid=980814945, Articles containing Japanese-language text, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2018, Articles needing additional references from October 2015, All articles needing additional references, Articles with too many examples from May 2019, Wikipedia articles with style issues from May 2019, Articles needing additional references from May 2019, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 28 September 2020, at 16:38. He believed they were because of the power of the nearby Mt. Captive lions were also known in China. 58 stands for "go-ya" meaning "bitter melon". Your belt is very shishi. 913 is "kyu ichi san"; but can also be read as "ka-i-sa", as in Kamen Rider Kaixa, hence the code to activate the henshin. Originating in Hinduism and adopted by Buddhism, om’s meaning seems somewhat vague at times, but is sometimes described as the name of God or the sound of the vibration of the universe. On the other hand, the Okinawan shīsā is very much a living symbol, so at least this overlooked legend has a happy home in Ryukyu. Still, I think it’s safe to say that the vast, vast majority of Japanese people had never seen a real lion prior to the modern age.
The local noro had been told in a dream to instruct the king when he visited to stand on the beach and lift up his figurine towards the dragon; she sent the boy, Chiga, to tell him the message. English words for 死んだ include dead, undated, undecayed, undies, deaden, decrepitated, deuced, mortified, died out and perished. 315 is "san-ichi-go"; but 3 1 5 is Sa-I-Ga, as in Kamen Rider Psyga, hence the code to activate the henshin. Often readings are created by taking the standard reading and retaining only the first syllable (for example roku becomes ro). People place pairs of shisa on their rooftops or flanking the gates to their houses, with the left shisa traditionally having a closed mouth, the right one an open mouth. Originating in Hinduism and adopted by Buddhism, om’s meaning seems somewhat vague at times, but is sometimes described as the name of God or the sound of the vibration of the universe. 573 stands for "ko-na-mi" or Konami. Derivatives of this number can be found in dozens of Namco produced video games.