In Japan, the dead people are usually placed with their head facing north, so Japanese people consider it bad luck to sleep with your head to the north.
ーIn Japan, the dead people are usually placed with their head facing north, so Japanese people consider it bad luck to sleep with your head to the north.
「日本では死者を通常北向きに安置するので、日本人は北まくらで寝るのを縁起が悪いとする」
to consider ... bad luck で「…を縁起が悪いとする」
to sleep with one's head to the north で「北まくらで寝る」
ーTraditionally bodies of the deceased are put to rest with their head pointing north in Japan, so Japanese think it's bad luck to sleep with your head facing that direction.
「日本では習慣的に、死者を北向きに安置するので、日本人は北まくらで寝ることを縁起が悪いと考える」
it's bad luck to ... で「…するのは縁起が悪い」
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