Aさん：「What are you doing, neighbor?」
Zさん："Well, the address numbers on my mailbox are fading, so I am putting on new ones. I have a '3' and a '5', but I am going to have to buy a '7'."
Aさん：「Where can you buy such a thing?」
Zさん："しちや。”
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This blog is one gaijin's attempt to learn Japanese through mnemonics, puns, and general linguistic absurdity.
Z-san explains: "The Japanese word 質屋(shichiya) means 'pawn shop', but the kana shichi-ya also sort of sound like 'seven-store'."
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