Getting a Kanji tattoo.

[Quailboy]

Originally Posted by MMM

Actually this is far from the worst idea I have seen.

Drunk Whore?

[2rri]

Originally Posted by MMM

Just curious, who told you kanji was the best way to write this?

I think your welcome here was not warm, and it is partially my fault, but your suspicions are correct, and kanji tattoo advice is commonly requested here. Some requesters are more sincere than others. I hope you will excuse the attack dogs.

I was told so on another forum similar to this one. Can't remember the name of it though, and it didn't pop up on Google either.

The reason why I am considering getting it written in Japanese is, as I stated earlier, that I like the culture and history of the country and I thought it could be a good idea to incorporate that into it.

On the subject of the attack dogs, I suppose I could've searched a bit more in this forum before posting this thread, so I suppose I should take some of the blame myself.

[MMM]

Originally Posted by Quailboy

Drunk Whore?

Pretty much

Originally Posted by 2rri

I was told so on another forum similar to this one. Can't remember the name of it though, and it didn't pop up on Google either.

The reason why I am considering getting it written in Japanese is, as I stated earlier, that I like the culture and history of the country and I thought it could be a good idea to incorporate that into it.

On the subject of the attack dogs, I suppose I could've searched a bit more in this forum before posting this thread, so I suppose I should take some of the blame myself.

I think if you were looking to honor Japanese culture, a word or phrase that was originally Japanese makes a little more sense to me...as I think the phrase you have chose is hard enough to understand in English, much less Japanese, despite the official translations.

[2rri]

Originally Posted by MMM

I think if you were looking to honor Japanese culture, a word or phrase that was originally Japanese makes a little more sense to me...as I think the phrase you have chose is hard enough to understand in English, much less Japanese, despite the official translations.

This may be a total miss, but is there a Japanese phrase or saying that is similar? I'm still looking at options and nothing is written in stone yet, so I'm open for suggestions.

What I want this tattoo to say is that although the shit has hit the fan, things will get better.

[MMM]

Originally Posted by 2rri

This may be a total miss, but is there a Japanese phrase or saying that is similar? I'm still looking at options and nothing is written in stone yet, so I'm open for suggestions.

What I want this tattoo to say is that although the shit has hit the fan, things will get better.

The best one I can think of off the top of my head is a Okinawa expression:

なんくるないさ

This basically means no matter how bad things seem, they will always get better.

[2rri]

Originally Posted by MMM

The best one I can think of off the top of my head is a Okinawa expression:

なんくるないさ

This basically means no matter how bad things seem, they will always get better.

Is that Hiragana?

[MMM]

Originally Posted by 2rri

Is that Hiragana?

Yes, this phrase seems to be only in hiragana.

[alanX]

Originally Posted by MMM

Yes, this phrase seems to be only in hiragana.

I first heard this in Blood+

Pretty much one of the (extremely) few acceptable Japanese tattoos.

Like if you got it in a concealed spot and it had a significant meaning to you.
(imo)



There are some things that just loose it's value when translated into Japanese. I think this person's idea is one of those. Not to mention I'm totally opposed to Kanji tattoos.

Getting this in it's original Latin script would look a lot "cooler" and be a much better idea.

[MMM]

Originally Posted by alanX

I first heard this in Blood+

Actually, that's where I first heard it, too.

[burkhartdesu]

Getting a Japanese anecdote makes a little more sense.

And for the record, Kanji is Chinese (in origin). So getting it because you respect Japanese culture is kind of a mute-point.