Zさん：”Hey look, a bee hive! ... so what is Japanese word for ‘bee’ anyway?”
Aさん：「ハチ、just like the number 8. That’s because bees communicate with each other by dancing in a figure-eight pattern. Pretty cool, huh?」
Zさん："I guess, but 無限大 would be even cooler.”
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This blog is one gaijin's attempt to learn Japanese through mnemonics, puns, and general linguistic absurdity.
Z-san explains: "無限大 or bugendai means infinity, drawn as a figure 8 on its side. Also, infinity is much cooler than 8."
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