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Ateji 当て字 consisting of numbers - kfmfe04 - 2009-03-23
39 - Thank you
4649 - よろしく
Please feel free to post any others you know about on this thread...
Ateji 当て字 consisting of numbers - stehr - 2009-03-23
you may know this one
893 やくざ
Ateji 当て字 consisting of numbers - zwarte_kat - 2009-03-23
stehr Wrote:you may know this oneIt is often thought that the word やくざ comes from these numbers, relating to a bad score in a gambling game. If this is true, could you still call it an 当て字?
893 やくざ
Ateji 当て字 consisting of numbers - stehr - 2009-03-23
Honestly, I'm not sure. I figured if I posted here I would get the answer. Though I'm still assuming that it is 当て字, considering the readings.
Ateji 当て字 consisting of numbers - Konfu - 2009-03-23
4219 is a nice one :B
Reads:しにいく or 死にいく
Ateji 当て字 consisting of numbers - smujohnson - 2009-03-23
What are you guys talking about? I am confused!
Ateji 当て字 consisting of numbers - kfmfe04 - 2009-03-23
smujohnson Wrote:What are you guys talking about? I am confused!There are many readings for numbers (usually the first kana of one of the readings)
1 = い
2 = に
3 = さ ざ さん
4 = し よ
5 = ご
6 = ろ
7 = な
8 = や
9 = く きゅう
39 ＝ さんきゅう = Thank you
4649 = よろしく = How do you do
893 = やくざ = Yakuza
4219 = しにいく = About to die
I think these abbreviations originally came about for remembering telephone numbers and for short-hand on mobile phones. Many of them are quite clever...
Ateji 当て字 consisting of numbers - bodhisamaya - 2009-03-23
kfmfe04 Wrote:39 - Thank youhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/maynard/2843109512/
893 http://www.flickr.com/photos/spilt-milk/1428543046/
143
This might not be related but, last year I had a Japanese girlfriend that would always say 143 to me. Perhaps this is common for younger people but I had never heard of it (I am 39, she is 21). She refused to tell me what it meant but I finally found out later. It is not related to the Japanese reading. Can you guess?
Ateji 当て字 consisting of numbers - sethg - 2009-03-23
I heard this a lot in high school.
1 letter, 4 letters, 3 letters = I love you (or, I guess,I hate you, depending on the tone of voice ^_^)
Ateji 当て字 consisting of numbers - bodhisamaya - 2009-03-23
Ah, I guess it is a common young person's phrase
Ateji 当て字 consisting of numbers - Smackle - 2009-03-23
2982194 - にくやにいくよ
37564 - みなごろし
This is called 語呂合わせ
Ateji 当て字 consisting of numbers - Jarvik7 - 2009-03-23
-093 奥さん
-1192 いい国（を作ろう！）
-Every phone number for every business in Japan
Ateji 当て字 consisting of numbers - kfmfe04 - 2009-03-24
Hahaha - I like 093 - nice!
Here are some more from Wikipedia:
1564 人殺し
18782 嫌な奴
0840 おはよう
724106 何をしてる (this one is hard to decipher - apparently 4106 is してる = しTe(n)る?)
14106 愛してる
889 早く
0906 遅れる
3470 さよなら
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A more comprehensive list of mappings from Wikipedia:
1 : いち、い、ひとつ、ひと
2 : に、ふたつ、ふた、ふ、つ（英語から）、じ
3 : さん、さ、みっつ、みつ、み
4 : よん、よ、よっつ、し、ふぉ（英語から）、ほ
5 : ご、こ、い、いつつ、いつ
6 : ろく、ろ、むっつ、むつ、む
7 : しち、ななつ、なな、な
8 : はち、は、ぱあ、やっつ、やつ、や、やあ
9 : きゅう、きゅ、く、ここのつ、ここの、こ
0 : れい、れ、ぜろ、ない、わ（字形から）、まる（字形から）、おー（アルファベットのOから。）
Ateji 当て字 consisting of numbers - nac_est - 2009-03-24
Not very useful, but they used 4523 for the word シゴフミ, in an episode of the series with the same name.