BNE
October 3rd, 2005
Does anybody know what this sticker is? I’ve been seeing it all over San Francisco, but I can’t find too much on the Web, and I have no idea what the kanji mean. (I’ve seen the sticker mentioned in connection with Tokyo, which makes me pretty sure that they’re Japanese.)
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1. Bianca | October 5th, 2005 at 12:35
It’s a polite/archaic way of saying “to come” (it’s used in the Japanese phrase that means “come as you are”). I don’t know what the BNE is about.
2. Deb | June 12th, 2006 at 0:23
Eight months later, I’m still wondering the same thing. If you’ve found out, please let me know. None of my friends know what it means either but they’re EVERYWHERE! Just the English letters now, though.
3. Saku39 | July 4th, 2006 at 15:41
it means “HAS ARRIVED” or “IS HERE”…Dont look at those stickers too long you can go blind..it was on the news in Japan last month!!
4. "TE...?" | July 18th, 2006 at 12:51
The is now a warrent for this person(s) arrest.
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=4374577
There not gonna get caught……….
TE..?
5. Jeff | September 20th, 2006 at 2:48
It is Japanese. The word is “Sanjyou” pronounced San ji yo. The meaning is to make an entrance. Such as when a king is to enter the room, someone announces his entry by saying for instance “Enter King Lear”. It is also used in childrens cartoons when a Super Hero appears. Hope this quells the curiousity at least a little bit.
6. Adam Engelhart » Oh&hellip | September 23rd, 2006 at 0:21
[...] So I took this picture of one of the BNE stickers and blogged it a while ago, but apparently it’s caught someone’s attention: ABC used it in a report. I Metblogged it here–kinda cool, huh? Send this article to:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]
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