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It is said that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day.
13日の金曜日は不吉な日だと言われている。
Some people say thirteen is an unlucky number.
13は不吉な数であるという人がいる。
Yukichi Fukuzawa introduced Western ideas into Japan.
福沢諭吉は日本に西洋思想を広めた。
Four is an unlucky number in Japan.
4は日本では不吉な数字だ。
Chokichi keenly felt that people, as they get older, forget entirely about the worries that only young people know about and that they themselves experienced in their youth; and that they nonchalantly take this convenient disposition where they judge hars
When Chokichi thought listlessly about this winter, and the similar winter before and the one before that, he vividly experienced the fact that as people grow older, they gradually lose their happiness.
A creepy cry that sounds like a human voice, velvet black wings, the image of tearing into dead flesh; crows are known across the world as an ill-omened bird that flies down with ill-luck.
By the way, the pastry known as "Shu Cream" in Japan is not known under this name neither in England nor in France. If you ask for a "Shu Cream" in England, you will end up comically receiving shoe shine.