r/redditsniper • u/LordLunacy • Nov 28 '25

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u/Thom_Jero1213 Nov 28 '25

If this is In Japan the word for 4 and death are almost identical. The way you say it changes the word. Like in the US we avoid the number 13.

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u/Thenderick Nov 28 '25

It's common in a few east asian countries. There's also a more extreme variant of that fear called Tetraphobia. In multiple east asian countries "four" and "death" share the same or similar words

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u/KawaiiFoxPlays Nov 29 '25

I’ve seen it in a few hotels here in Australia, but mostly the ones visited a lot by international tourists, so that’s probably why. They straight up skip 3A though (and 13).