I have two favorites I tend to follow: Jinx-words: the belief that saying something causes it to happen, like saying "how can this possibly get worse?" Obviously, the speaker didn't cause the situation to get worse, but he becomes the fault for everyone to blame. Also, Murphy's Law: everything that can go wrong will go wrong. I experienced this in a theater performance where one person missing their entrance, and the entire performance suffered from minor, unrelated accidents the rest of the night. This one is a self-fulfilling prophecy: making one large mistake can set the tone for the rest of the cast which, in turn, indirectly causes a plethora of mistakes.

Hi Yusuke. Here in the Philippines, we have this superstition that if a black cat crosses your way you should not proceed to where you are going because you will have bad luck but someone told me that in Japan it's a white cat. Is that right?

In America we have a lot of superstitions. If you break a mirror or glass Its seven years bad luck, If a black cat crosses your path, If you and someone that is close with you split a pole or light post.. any type of pole that divides the two of you, If a broom sweeps your feet, If you sneeze that means someone is talking about you, if you, "step on a crack it will break your mothers back."... We have a lot, but not everyone really believes them >~< lol

Hi Yusuke. I'm interested in Japanese ,actually Asia. But I don't know how I learn and start. Hope you're fine. Thank you in advance :)

Andrew,yes,correct. Pronouciation of 4 is "shi". "Shi" means dead in Japanese. Also,9 is "ku". It means trouble.