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00:00My Stupid Small World!
00:04A research on the history of small things that no one has ever investigated.
00:09Today's researcher is researcher Hikonohi.
00:11Nice to meet you.
00:15This is sudden, but Researcher Morita Sugihara.
00:18Do you like 4 out of 0 to 9?
00:24Well...
00:25If I were to say I like it, I don't think I like it that much.
00:29I tend to avoid it.
00:30If you ask me which one I would choose,
00:32I would think of something other than 4.
00:35I like it more than I hate it.
00:37I don't like it that much.
00:40Let's ask the audience here.
00:43If you like the number 4, press the X.
00:46If you don't like it, press the X.
00:50Please press the X or the X.
00:53Oh, I see.
00:55If you don't like the number 4,
00:59are you born in April?
01:01Oh, I see.
01:02That's a possibility.
01:04But with the X, this is what happens.
01:08Everyone!
01:10What did the number 4 do to you?
01:13The number 4 didn't do anything to you, did it?
01:15We Japanese think that the number 4 is an ominous number.
01:20So this is what I researched this time.
01:24The number 4 is an ominous number.
01:29Especially in Japan.
01:32We researched the number 4, which is a rare number.
01:37Since when did the number 4 become an ominous number?
01:41Does the number 4 really mean that people don't like it?
01:45Let's think about the number 4 tonight.
01:50I want to prove that I'm not an ominous number.
01:55There are 10 dice here, so I'll roll them.
01:59I really want the number 4.
02:01If I get the number 4, today's research will go well.
02:05Let's go.
02:078.
02:08Time's up.
02:12It's not a multiple of 4.
02:15It's a multiple of 4.
02:18It's a multiple of 4.
02:20This is too reckless.
02:22Let's take a look at this VTR.
02:24Why do Japanese people hate the number 4?
02:29The kanji for the number 4 is yon.
02:33In the case of on'yomi, it is pronounced as shi.
02:37People think that the number 4 is ominous because it reminds them of death.
02:43What would you think if you rented a room and the number 4 was 402?
02:50Tonight, we will explore the history of the number 4.
02:56Even if the room number of the apartment is 402, it's not ominous.
03:02It's just an image.
03:06Many Japanese people avoid the number 4.
03:11The root of this feeling is this.
03:14It's just a reason to think that the number 4 is ominous.
03:20Japanese people think that the number 4 is ominous.
03:24Japanese people do not like the number 4 for a long time.
03:27Japanese people think that the number 4 is ominous.
03:31Japanese people think that the number 4 is ominous.
03:34It's too much.
03:36What's wrong with you?
03:40The number 4 was invented by the Shimeiru people around 3400 B.C.
03:49In other words, the number 4 was not invented to show magic or spirituality.
03:57Why do Japanese people avoid the number 4?
04:00Let's take a look at this video.
04:06In the Yamato language of Japan, which has been used for a long time,
04:11the number 4 was expressed as yo in hi, fu, mi, yo.
04:17When did the number 4 start to be abused?
04:22It was about 1100 years ago in the Heian period.
04:29Professor Shintani of the National History Museum of Japan said
04:34that when the kanji became popular in the Heian period,
04:37people started to avoid the number 4 from reading yo as shi.
04:43In addition, in the Heian period,
04:46the population was concentrated, and epidemics spread from spring to autumn,
04:50causing a large number of deaths.
04:53The nobles were afraid of it and became serious,
04:56and the number 4, which reminds us of death,
04:59was hated as an ominous number.
05:03And then came the Edo period.
05:06In Rakugo, the character shinoji-girai was born.
05:12Due to the great fire in Edo,
05:15Dojouya's Doji-ya-u was changed to Dozen-yu,
05:20which means that it is bad luck in four characters.
05:23This caused a great stir in the shop.
05:27I don't understand the four characters.
05:31And even after the modern era,
05:34the number plates of cars are not used
05:38as long as the owner does not want them.
05:44In this way, the example of the number 4 being abused has no end.
05:49And the history of abuse continues even now.
05:54How was it?
05:56How was it?
05:58In the end, the number 4 was blamed.
06:00That's right.
06:02Everyone said that the number 4 was all wrong.
06:08The number 4 has been avoided for a long time.
06:11Now I will give you a quiz.
06:13Here it is.
06:14A four-character quiz.
06:16The reason is not clear,
06:18but I will give you a four-character quiz
06:20about what has been avoided in Japan.
06:22The first question of the four-character quiz.
06:25Which of the four has been avoided?
06:291. The number of the parking lot.
06:312. The number of the mobile phone.
06:333. The number of the night shift at Tokyo Station.
06:354. The number of the member of the Onyanko Club.
06:39Think about it in 4 seconds.
06:424, 3, 2, 1. Time's up.
06:44I don't like 4 seconds.
06:46What do you think?
06:48It's short.
06:49Which one do you think it is?
06:51I think it's the one closest to death.
06:584. The number of the mobile phone.
07:01I think the number of the mobile phone is the closest to death
07:06because it is likely to be involved in an accident.
07:09I see. It's a delicate situation.
07:12Morita, what do you think?
07:13I think it's the Onyanko Club that is directly related to people.
07:18At that time, they were idols.
07:21I wonder if they can give such an ominous number to an idol.
07:26I see, everyone.
07:28It's a great reading.
07:30The correct answer is...
07:32incorrect.
07:34The correct answer is the number of the parking lot, 4.
07:37The number of the mobile phone, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4.
07:39By the way, the correct number of the mobile phone, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4,
07:43is called Sadako's number on the Internet.
07:46But when I actually called it, it didn't connect.
07:51I see.
07:53And the other correct answer is the number of the parking lot, 4.
07:57Not all parking lots have the number 4,
08:00but there were places that didn't have the number 4.
08:05And the 4th platform at Tokyo Station, which Bakarizumu answered,
08:09is the platform of the Yamanote Line.
08:12Of course, many people use it safely without any problems.
08:16Morita's answer to the 4th question of Onyanko Club was Nitta Eri.
08:21Now, let's move on to the 2nd question of the 4th question quiz.
08:26This is the 4th question.
08:28Tsumura's number, 4.
08:30Tennis court's number, 4.
08:32The number of gifts, 4.
08:34Marumaru's number, 4.
08:36Please think in 4 seconds.
08:384, 3, 2, 1, time's up!
08:40Time's up!
08:41I don't even have 4 seconds.
08:43How about you, researcher?
08:45I'm being avoided.
08:46Come on, researcher.
08:48I think it's a comb for gifts.
08:51There's also a ball.
08:53The ball is painful.
08:55I see, I see.
08:57And it's the oldest thing in history.
09:02That's true.
09:03I see.
09:04How about you, Morita?
09:05Can I wear it?
09:06I only have a comb.
09:08I don't think it's a comb.
09:11I see, I see.
09:12I think it's a comb for gifts.
09:15Here's the answer.
09:19This is all.
09:21What?
09:22By the way, Tsumura's product number, 4,
09:24is a number that patients don't like,
09:27so it's a decision.
09:29If Tsumura thinks so,
09:31I think so, too.
09:33He's being avoided.
09:35Also, as you said,
09:37it's painful to give a comb as a general manner,
09:40so he doesn't like it.
09:43The other tennis court numbers, 4,
09:45show 4 as C.
09:49It was found that they avoided the number 4
09:52in the ruins.
09:54Furthermore...
09:55According to the latest information,
09:57NTT's number guide service, 104,
09:59will end its service in March next year.
10:02What's 104?
10:03It's a service that asks for a number.
10:05Oh, I see.
10:06The service will end because they don't like the number 4.
10:09No, it's not like that.
10:10It's because they don't need it.
10:12So, is the number 4 really ominous?
10:14No, it's not.
10:16For the honor of the number 4,
10:18we looked up some positive examples.
10:20Please take a look.
10:21The representative example is
10:23the four-leaf clover.
10:25On April 4th is the day of happiness.
10:28There are many positive examples
10:30of the four-leaf clover.
10:33There are many examples.
10:35Is there anything you're interested in?
10:37The four-leaf clover is...
10:39Yes, it is.
10:40Yes, it is.
10:41It looks happy and positive.
10:43It has good luck.
10:45The four-leaf clover means
10:47to love forever.
10:49I see.
10:50The nine-leaf clover is
10:51what you always think of.
10:52The nine-leaf clover means eternal love.
10:55The fourth one in Kabuki
10:57is also said to be an important summary.
10:59The first one is the main character.
11:00The second one is a colored man.
11:01The third one is a fallen object.
11:02And the 12th and the 9th.
11:03The four-leaf clover means
11:04to love forever.
11:07The third one in Osan Ichiban Nagashima
11:09is famous.
11:10The fourth one, Kurosawa,
11:11was the first Japanese baseball player
11:13to be with Sawamura
11:14and to love forever.
11:16Furthermore, the four-leaf clover
11:17is not considered ominous
11:18even in other countries.
11:20In European countries,
11:21the four-leaf clover means
11:22to hold a cross ten times.
11:24In the International Games,
11:25the four-leaf clover means
11:26to knock on the door four times.
11:27In the Olympics,
11:28the four-leaf clover
11:29has a special meaning.
11:32Especially in Hawaii,
11:33the four-leaf clover
11:34is abundant in culture.
11:37For example,
11:38the main god in Hawaiian mythology
11:40is the Four Gods.
11:43The four directions of the west,
11:45south, and north are taken care of.
11:48There are four ukulele strings
11:50in the folk instruments.
11:53So, what numbers are hated
11:55in Japan and Korea?
11:58For example,
11:59in China and Korea,
12:00just like in Japan,
12:01the number 4
12:02has the same pronunciation as 4,
12:04so it is seen as an ominous number.
12:06Therefore,
12:07the elevator button...
12:09In China,
12:10the number 4
12:11may not exist.
12:12In Korea,
12:13the number 4
12:14may be written as F.
12:16Let's look at other countries.
12:18Here are the Italian numbers.
12:20The number 17 in Roman numerals.
12:22In fact,
12:23the number 17
12:24means the end of life.
12:27It's a big Z.
12:29If you change the order of the letters,
12:32it becomes the same,
12:33so it is called a significative number.
12:36Also,
12:37in the Old Testament,
12:38Noah's ark
12:40was washed away on the 17th.
12:43Next, let's look at Bulgaria.
12:45This telephone number.
12:46In Japan,
12:47the number 8
12:48looks like a good number.
12:50Yes,
12:51but the people who used this number
12:53are all dead.
12:55What?
12:56The first person died in 2001,
12:57and then the number was passed down.
12:59The second person died in 2003,
13:00and the third person died in 2005.
13:01There were too many deaths,
13:03so now it is a negative number.
13:06I see.
13:07That's what happens.
13:09So,
13:10if the country changes,
13:11the ominous number changes, too.
13:12In the end,
13:13people just want the numbers to have meaning.
13:15It depends on who receives it.
13:18So,
13:19next,
13:20let's look at some celebrities
13:21who are too obsessed with numbers.
13:23From here,
13:24we will introduce 4 celebrities
13:26who are too obsessed with numbers.
13:28First,
13:29Yuya Uchida.
13:31Yuya Uchida,
13:32as you all know,
13:34is a rock star.
13:35He is very particular about 69.
13:39In an interview,
13:40he was asked,
13:41how many times did you bet?
13:44Of course,
13:45it's a rock star.
13:4669 people.
13:47I didn't hear that.
13:50Also,
13:51when he bought a horse,
13:53it was rare,
13:55but he bet 10,000 times.
13:58That's amazing.
13:59He is very particular about numbers.
14:02Next,
14:03this person.
14:04In 1936,
14:05when professional baseball started,
14:07he was active.
14:08His name is Tadashi Wakabayashi.
14:10At that time,
14:11the number was decided by color.
14:13Wakabayashi was given
14:14the number by the team,
14:16but he was not good at acting,
14:17so he chose 18.
14:18He was very active.
14:19Later,
14:20this number
14:21became the ace number 18.
14:23That's how it started.
14:25That's how it started.
14:27Next,
14:28from the soccer world,
14:29this person.
14:30He is a hero of Chile.
14:31He is a Samoan player.
14:32He is very particular about 9.
14:34In the Italian team,
14:35Intel,
14:36the ace striker was given
14:38the number 9.
14:40When a star player joined the team,
14:42he was given the number 9.
14:44However,
14:45he really wanted to score 9.
14:47So,
14:48this is how he did it.
14:50Is this possible?
15:04He is a hero of Chile.
15:06He is a Samoan player.
15:07He is very particular about 9.
15:09In the Italian team,
15:10Intel,
15:11the ace striker was given
15:13the number 9.
15:15When a star player joined the team,
15:17he was given the number 9.
15:19However,
15:20he really wanted to score 9.
15:22So,
15:23this is how he did it.
15:25Is this possible?
15:27With 1 plus 8,
15:28he scored 9.
15:29With the number 18,
15:31he scored a plus.
15:33He scored 9.
15:35In total?
15:36In total.
15:37Is 9 minus 1 okay?
15:40No, 10 minus 1.
15:41He is very particular about 9.
15:42Oh, I see.
15:439 or 10 minus 1.
15:45He is very particular about the number.
15:49Next,
15:50we will talk about the kidnappers who hate 4.
15:53Please watch the video to find out
15:56what really happened in Hong Kong.
15:59Chou Shi-kyung,
16:01who was once called the King of Thieves,
16:04made a scene in Hong Kong.
16:06The story is about him and the number.
16:09When Chou Shi-kyung was 4 years old,
16:11he moved to Hong Kong with his parents
16:13from Canton, China,
16:15and became a Hong Kong citizen.
16:17Then, he committed many crimes.
16:21In 1996,
16:24Chou Shi-kyung kidnapped the son of the King of Thieves.
16:28He went to the house of the King of Thieves
16:30and took the ransom.
16:33The ransom amounted to
16:351.8 billion Hong Kong dollars,
16:37which is about 180 billion Japanese yen.
16:40Chou Shi-kyung was supposed to
16:43take back 40 million Hong Kong dollars
16:45as the ransom,
16:47but Chou Shi-kyung,
16:49who was very determined,
16:51took back only 38 million Hong Kong dollars
16:53when he thought he was going to die.
16:56Later, he received the rest of the ransom,
16:59and the kidnapping was a great success.
17:01Chou Shi-kyung was like a god.
17:04Two years later, he was arrested.
17:07On December 5, 1998,
17:10he was sentenced to death.
17:13In fact, the day of his death
17:15showed the mysterious relationship
17:17between Chou Shi-kyung and 4.
17:19Later, it was announced in the studio.
17:23Have you ever noticed
17:25when you saw December 5, 1998?
17:28In 1998...
17:30Even though he was afraid of 4,
17:32he was sentenced to death on December 5, 1998.
17:35Let's add up these numbers one by one.
17:4019, 27, 39...
17:4244!
17:45You couldn't do 10 minus 1 just now.
17:47I'm sorry.
17:48You got 44.
17:50He was afraid of 4.
17:53He was tortured by 4 until the end of his life.
17:57Let me summarize.
18:00The history of the destruction of the number 4.
18:02In the end, it's all in the past.
18:06Please don't let 4
18:09have anything to do with you anymore.
18:11That's what I think.
18:13With that in mind,
18:15let's roll the dice one more time.
18:19If 4 doesn't come out,
18:21will the destruction of the number 4 continue?
18:23If 4 comes out,
18:24the future of 4 may be bright.
18:26The future of 4 is in my hands.
18:308 again!
18:34On the contrary, it's amazing.
18:38How was it, researcher?
18:40I won the lottery with the dice.
18:43It's amazing.
18:45It happened twice in a row.
18:47How was it, researcher Hikorohi?
18:50It was very destructive.
18:52The other destructive numbers
18:54were 9 and 13.
18:57Yes, 13.
18:59In Japan, number 4
19:01was the most destructive number.
19:05It was originally 4.
19:074.
19:08Yes.
19:09You're on the side of number 4.
19:13I think so, too.
19:1642 isn't good, either.
19:1842 isn't good.
19:1942.
19:20Why do you think it's number 2?
19:23It's number 2.
19:25It's number 2.
19:26It's number 2.
19:27You're forcing it.
19:28You're forcing it.
19:30What's number 2?
19:32In that case,
19:33it means that number 2
19:34is suffering a lot.
19:36Number 2 isn't bad at all.
19:37Number 2 isn't bad.
19:43After this,
19:44Sumihara Anna,
19:45who was rejected by Maesetsu,
19:47Don't complain.
19:49I'm scared.
19:50Previously
19:53My Makatsu Maeshi!
19:58It feels good!
20:01Feels good!
20:02OK, so with that,
20:04let's go with a big hand.
20:06One, two.
20:12To make it fun.
20:14More people!
20:17It's a workout.
20:18I love you, ma'am.
20:23Director?
20:26What did you think?
20:27Well, I tried to be polite, but I'm afraid I'm not worthy of that.
20:33Thank you for your support.
20:36I'm excited.
20:37You know how Seiya went to the bathroom and was late?
20:42You were late this time.
20:44Yeah, I went to the bathroom.
20:45I'm getting really angry.
20:47I don't have time to protect myself.
20:49You didn't do anything.
20:51You just made a weird voice.
20:53You said, let's go from A.
20:55You said, A, A, A.
20:57You said, E, E.
20:59It's not a weird voice.
21:01The U was the weirdest.
21:03You said, U.
21:05How did you feel when you were told to say U?
21:07When did you say that?
21:09I said, U, which is not going to come out.
21:11Oh, U, which is going to come out.
21:13Here is a special presentation of the U.
21:17Let's do a voice-over.
21:19Let's say U, U, U.
21:21U.
21:23I've received a lot from all of you.
21:25Please don't complain.
21:27No, I'm not complaining.
21:29I think we're doing our best.
21:31We're connected.
21:33Please.
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