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I came across this in the Trivia section of
[Bukubukuchagama](http://overlordmaruyama.wikia.com/wiki/Bukubukuchagama#Trivia)
on Overlord Wiki:

> Giving the watch with her voice to Aura, Ainz told her not to set an alarm
> at 19:19 or 7:21. These numbers can be read as a sexual word in Japanese
> wordplay. It seems that she recorded her voice for an H-Game at that alarm.

Since I don't know Japanese, I am curious to know how they are read.


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Why did Ainz tell Aura not to set her alarm on her watch at 19:19 and 7:21?


As a [comment](http://overlordmaruyama.wikia.com/wiki/Bukubukuchagama#comm-
text-8408) pointed out in the wiki page you provided, the words which the
numbers represent seem to be a common thing in hentai games.

**For 19:19** :

> In Japanese when reading the time, or a string of numbers, it is often read
> as if each number is separate, for example, "One Nine One Nine". Doing this
> with 19:19 sounds a bit like " _Iku, Iku_ " which translates to " _I'm
> cumming, I'm cumming!_ ".

**For 7:21** :

> Thanks to [ʞɹɐzǝɹ's](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/24048/some-
> kind-of-wordplay-in-overlord/24051?noredirect=1#comment34657_24051) comment
> we now know that it sounds a bit like " _Onanī_ " which translates into
> "onanism" which is a synonym for "masturbation".

These are instances of
[Goroawase](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_wordplay#Goroawase) word
play in Japanese, which takes advantage of the readings of digits to encode
meaning in a string of numbers.


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In addition to Alagaros' answer, I'll try to explain it from another
perspective.

As explained in [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_characters),
Kanji is adapted from Chinese letters (Hanzi). Originally, Hanzi was written
based on the shape of the represented object but then undergoes evolution with
the passage of time. For example
[this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Evo-r%C3%AC.svg).

Such a language habit is then evolving into using the existing characters to
represent things. This is especially common with younger people (source: my
Chinese lecturer). Think of it like the westerners using symbol characters to
form smileys :D :P.

Now, the time 19:19 and 7:21 if written in kanji would be 一九一九 and 七二一
respectively.

一九 represents a kneeling person and a [Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong
Cannon](http://gintama.wikia.com/wiki/Neo_Armstrong_Cyclone_Jet_Armstrong_Cannon)
(alias to keep this relatively Safe For Work). And 七二一 represents either a big
Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon or a Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet
Armstrong Cannon and a
[manko](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB4QFjAAahUKEwjbtbi94qrHAhUDcI4KHfd3C8w&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.urbandictionary.com%2Fdefine.php%3Fterm%3Dmanko&ei=oQXPVZvhKIPguQT3763gDA&usg=AFQjCNH2vsyqh2iCwcmNE9pshbAMa_j8Fw&sig2=5miCV6mM0WQXOcSjTcBjjQ&bvm=bv.99804247,d.c2E).


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