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The unluckiness of the number four is one such example, as the Japanese word for "four" 四 romaji: shi is a homophone for "death" kanji: 死. The same is true for Chinese, hanzi: 死 pinyin: sǐ, is also homophonous to "death." However, unlike most other countries, in Japan, a black cat crossing one's path is considered to bring good luck. [2]
The number 17. Fear of the number 17 is known as heptadecaphobia and is prominent in Italian culture. [6] The number 39. Fear of the number 39 is known as the curse of 39, especially in Afghan culture. [7] The number 43. In Japanese culture, maternity wards numbered 43 are considered taboo, as the word for the number means "stillbirth". [8] The ...
Chart rankings are based on physical singles' sales. Until 2017, Oricon did not track download sales. In Japan, physical sales decreased sharply in the 2000s, while download sales hit three to four times the amount of single sales. [1] In November 2017, Oricon introduced its first digital songs chart, separate from its main physical singles ...
The number 4 missing in a parking lot in Japan. The parking lot "5" in this picture is actually parking lot 4. Tetraphobia (from Ancient Greek τετράς (tetrás) ' four ' and Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) ' fear ' ) is the practice of avoiding instances of the digit 4 .
This is a list of songs that have peaked at number-one on the Oricon Singles Chart, the preeminent singles chart in Japan, which was created in 1967, and monitors the number of physical single purchases of the most popular singles.
This category contains articles about songs that reached number one on the Japanese Oricon International Singles Chart, a hit parade excluding the materials recorded by the Japanese musicians or sung in Japanese language.
Mrs. Green Apple achieved their first two number-one songs with "Lilac" and "Bitter Vacances". "Lilac" topped the chart for two non-consecutive weeks in 2024. "Idol" by Yoasobi re-peaked at number one in the week of January 17, 2024, expanding the longest number-one song in the chart history to 22 total weeks.
In the 2010s, the Oricon Singles Chart lost popularity to the Billboard Japan Hot 100. Since Oricon's chart only accounted for CD sales, groups like AKB48 (pictured) topped the chart by selling many copies, even if the songs were not the most listened-to. The Combined Singles Chart was subsequently established.