Doctorhorrorink The concept of “Karma” is present in many prominent religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. When you say “Karma,” the first thing that comes to mind is what comes around when you do something good or bad. The idea of Karma revolves around the concept that everything we do affects our future. If …
If you are looking for a Japanese symbol that is closely equivalent to faith, then your best bet is probably this one: 信 It is a Chinese Character that has meanings that encompass faith, truth, fidelity and trust. Chinese character for faith as a tattoo Here’s what it looks like if when you make a …
The picture of the hard-bitten tough guy with the tattoo for “mom” or “mother” is kinda a cliche. In fact, it’s so much of a cliche that it is ripe for being referenced in current day tattoos in a variety of contexts. One of those contexts is to use the Japanese symbol for mother instead …
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If you “Kanji tattoos” in Japanese, you get a bunch of sites devoted to making fun of all the foreigners with ridiculous, cringey tattoos. This fact should make all those thinking about daubing themselves in a little Asian ink to take pause for thought. There are a lot of horror stories out there. And while …
When trying to find a Japanese symbol for pain, there are a few options. Each of these has different ways that they are used and nuances to them. The closest equivalent Japanese kanji symbols for the English word “pain” are: 1. 痛 2.辛 3.疼 1. 痛い Itai (hurt) The most common word that you hear …
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The closest equivalent Japanese kanji symbols for the English word “family” are: 家族 kazoku (family) It is actually really common for people to want to express a love of “family” in their tattoos. This leads many people to get the Japanese word for family 家族 inked in as a design. It is also quite common to …
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I had a discussion with my Japanese friend about whether Kanji tattoos are cool and, indeed, what makes a cool tattoo. Hopefully, this will go some way to answering some of the questions that a person that may be considering a tattoo with Japanese lettering might have. The discussion is in interview format and split …
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The closest equivalent Japanese kanji symbols for the English word “peace” are: 平和 heiwa (Peace) The concept of “peace” is a fairly universally loved one (in principle anyway!) The word 平和 ai could be considered a fairly close equivalent of our English word “peace”, in it’s “world peace 4 eva” sense. That being said, it …
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愛 Ai (Love) The concept of love, as abstract, vague and open to interpretation as it is, is one of the most wide spread, and widely supported, human ideas. The word 愛 ai actually matches up pretty well with the English word, in that it can imply either a universal, platonic kind of love, or …
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The closest equivalent Japanese kanji symbol for dream is: 夢 This is one of the Chinese Characters where it’s meaning is actually very close to the English equivalent – which is not always the case! It is one of the top 10 most popular Chinese character & kanji tattoos for people to get. Whether this …
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If you do a search in Japanese on the internet for Chinese Character tattoos or Japanese letter tattoos, you get a bunch of pages dedicated to how embarrassing a lot of the words and designs that people get are. That’s not what you want. Don’t be one of those people featured on a Japanese website …
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