Aさん：「You know, just like you, I need to replace the faded address numbers on my mailbox, and my address is 800. Do you where can I buy that?」
Zさん："... um ... 八百屋？"
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Z-san explains: "八百屋(yaoya) means 'vegetable store' but the first two kanji can also be translated as '800'."
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