“Ask 'why' five times about every matter”

Re:“Ask 'why' five times about every matter” by Agentlien on Monday May 09, 2016 @07:40AM (#11658995)

Could you explain this play on words for someone who doesn't know Japanese?

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Re:“Ask 'why' five times about every matter” by nihonde on Monday May 09, 2016 @08:16AM (#11659172)

I'm guessing but 誤解 => 'go kai', which means 'misunderstanding'. That sounds like 五回 => 'go kai', which means five times.

In Japanese, you often encounter words/phrases that sound more or less the same but are written differently.

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Re:“Ask 'why' five times about every matter” by ume on Monday May 09, 2016 @08:18AM (#11659190)

Both the original Japanese (meaning 5 times) and possibly pun Japanese (meaning misunderstanding) are read as 'gokai'.

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