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[-] Vrtrx@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Eight in Japanese is 八 which looks similar to katakana "ha" ハ and has the readings ハチ(hachi) ハツ(hatsu) や(ya) よう(you) Dates are usually written as 8月8日(8th month 8th day) though and the only onomatopoeia for stomach growling I can find is ごろごろ (gorogoro). Am I too stupid to get this? I can't see how the date 8/8 resembles the noise of a rumbling stomach

[-] mongoosedadei@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

I guess in katakana "gorogoro" would be ゴロゴロ, which when written vertically in two lines would look vaguely like 8/8? Just guessing...

[-] Vrtrx@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

That took me a moment to visualize in my head but yeah that could be it!

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