Talk:Japanese wordplay
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The following was taken from the old mnemonic technique article, and might be useful to integrate with the Goroawase article.
A system of Japanese origin, that uses puns on number words. This is aided by the fact that many numbers in Japanese have more than one name. The system is based on syllables.
Goroawase can be used to remember numbers or other information. This is a partial explanation of the system as applied to numbers:
| Number | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Name | rei, maru, zero | ichi, hitotsu | ni, futatsu | san, mittsu | shi, yon, yottsu | go, itsutsu | roku, muttsu | shichi, nana, nanatsu | hachi, yattsu | ku, kyuu, kokonotsu |
| Mnemonic sound | re, ma, ze | i, hi | ni, fu | sa, mi | shi, yo | go, (sometimes ko) | ro, mu | na | ya, ha (sometimes ba) | ku, kyu |
Example: Shakespeare's life years:
hito-go-ro-shi mo i-ro-i-ro (1564-1616)
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As explained in the Japanese article, goroawase is not limited to number substitusions. --Kusunose 08:30, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- Absolutely right. I'm having a hard time thinking of how to express the entirety of it.
- For example...
- Goroawase is a linguistic technique in Japanese whereby homophonous words are associated with a given series of letters, numbers or symbols, in order to associate a new meaning with that series. The new words can be used to express a superstition about certain letters or numbers. More commonly, however, goroawase is used as a mnemonic technique, especially in the memorization of numbers such as dates in history, scientific constants, and phone numbers.
- Kcumming 15:42, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
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- Actually, I kind of like that one...let's give it a try... Kcumming 15:44, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Isn't the japanese and chinese mixed up in the table? I'm pretty sure the teachers says ich, ni, san, etc. in the japanese martial arts lessons.
- They are Japanese words of Chinese origin, that's all. --Kcumming 14:04, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
