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nicksims81 · 18 Jun 2009

Kanji Character

hey i am getting a tattoo and i have searched through the internet for the last two weeks only to find different signs each time. I heard that forums were the best place to go. I am looking for the chinese or japanese kanji symbol for "fearless". Please help me out! Thanks!

-Nick

noraemon · 20 Jun 2009

nicksims81 said:

Is it a kanji of "fearless"?
It becomes 大胆 , 恐れを知らない or 勇敢(brave) if it translates literally.
However, I think that Four character idiom is cooler.

大胆不敵（だいたんふてき）In Japanese/Romaji, it is pronounced, "dai-tan-fu-teki".
・・・This kanji means that I am courageous and do not know fear. In addition, there is the meaning that nothing is afraid of with boldness.

勇猛果敢（ゆうもうかかん）In Japanese/Romaji, it is pronounced, "yuu-mou-ka-kan".
・・・This kanji means that I am brave, strong, and a decisive person. In addition, there is the meaning of the tough will that does not yield to resistance.

驍勇無双（ぎょうゆうむそう）In Japanese/Romaji, it is pronounced, "gyou-yuu-mu-sou".
・・・This kanji means that I am strongly brave so that there is not a thing equal in the world. In addition, there is the meaning of rare strength.

nicksims81 · 22 Jun 2009

Thanks for the help. I appreciate all of the info, but for some reason the symbols you sent me do not show up on my computer. They just show up as little boxes with numbers in them. Do you know why is it like that?

noraemon · 22 Jun 2009

nicksims81 said:
Thanks for the help. I appreciate all of the info, but for some reason the symbols you sent me do not show up on my computer. They just show up as little boxes with numbers in them. Do you know why is it like that?

I think that the reason is because Japanese font is not installed in your computer.
If a Japanese font is installed, Japanese（kanji） is sure to be displayed.

TeBeLa · 23 Jun 2009

Name help requested (not for a tattoo)

I'd like some help putting my name via meanings, rather than sounds, into kanji. My name meanings are:

- First name: Steward, in the sense of viceroy; a person appointed to govern and protect a place in the place of a king
- Middle name: Beloved or "beloved one"
- Last name: A piece of land which has been cleared of natural vegetation for agricultural use

My best shot at this is:

1st: 太守 - taishu - viceroy (or would the more common 総督 - soutoku be better?)
Mid: 最愛 - saiai - beloved
Fam: 緑野 - ryokuya - green field (or would the more common 耕作地 - kousaku chi - be better?)

So 太守最愛緑野 or 総督最愛耕作地 or some variation.

But I'm not sure of several things:

(a) Whether this sounds good (or at least doesn't sound or imply something unpleasant or pretentious) in Japanese.
(b) Whether this suggests masculinity rather than femininity in Japanese. (I'm male.)
(c) Whether the proper character sequence is (written horizontally) 太守最愛緑野 (which is my best guess) or 緑野最愛太守 or one of those with the individual word pair characters reversed, i.e. 守太愛最野緑 or 野緑愛最守太 and when written vertically.
If all three of my names used together fails either test (a) or test (b), how about either my first name and surname used together or my middle name and surname used together. (I, in fact, use my first name and surname for legal and formal signatures, but use middle-surname in informal everyday use, so either could be a legitimate combination for me.)
Either way, however, I need some help with (c) and will truly appreciate any help that I can get.

Best regards,
TeBeLa

nicksims81 · 23 Jun 2009

Thanks! I figured it out and downloaded the characters and they showed up. I just have a few last questions. In the first paragraph you sent me you gave me 3 choices. Do all of those mean the same thing? And what did you mean by if they translate literally?

Also, are you from Asia?

Thanks

noraemon · 24 Jun 2009

Do all of those mean the same thing?

These three idioms are almost similar meanings. I chose the idiom which expressed "fearless".

And what did you mean by if they translate literally?

"Hiragana" is included when translating literally because "Fearless" is an adjective. （恐れを知らない､大胆な）
I thought that it was not cool for a tattoo.
Therefore I made it four character idiom and made it a noun.
There is a case of a strange kanji when seeing from the Japanese though a lot of people who are doing the tattoo of the kanji are seen.
These three idioms are kanji of which it doesn't strangely think even if the Japanese sees.
The Japanese without the education is not readable and may not understand meanings well, too.
However, the Japanese with the education will understand the wish that you included to the tattoo.

Also, are you from Asia?

I am a Japanese living in Japan.

nicksims81 · 24 Jun 2009

Thanks you have been a big help. I am probably going to get the 4 idiom one.

TeBeLa · 24 Jun 2009

Name help requested (follow-up)

I think I have solved the character order issue and have settled on 総督最愛緑野 (or just 総督緑野 or, less likely, 最愛緑野) unless they're semantically or gender inappropriate. I'd very much appreciate the evaluation of a native speaker of Japanese of those issues. I am not planning, at least at the moment, on using this in Japan, but I would prefer that someone in the U.S. who sees it and who happens to speak Japanese would not look at it and laugh.

Best regards,
TeBeLa

noraemon · 25 Jun 2009

Neither of "太守最愛緑野" and "総督最愛耕作地" understands many meanings in the Japanese.

Besides I think that it is not recognized to be the name.

If "太守最愛緑野" is forcibly interpreted, it becomes it , saying that "It is a green field that viceroys loves most".

Because it is not recognized to be the name of the person, I do not understand the difference of the first name and the family name.

Therefore the turn of the first name and the family name does not make sense, too.

Give me more information.
Please teach what kind of name you want to make it.
Let's think about a name like Japan together.

The Japanese does not have middle name.
However, there was the thing that the samurai keeps a childhood name other than the name and a family name.

TeBeLa · 26 Jun 2009

Name help

Noraemon-san,
Thank you for your comments and your help. Can you help me with a kanji name which approximates these meanings:
- First name: Steward, in the sense of viceroy; a person appointed to govern and protect a place in the place of a king
- Middle name: Beloved or ﾂ"beloved oneﾂ"
- Last name: A piece of land which has been cleared of natural vegetation for agricultural use
The middle name may be omitted if it causes too many problems.
Thank you,
TeBeLa

noraemon · 27 Jun 2009

About first name

The captain general becomes "総司令官" in Japanese though the meaning is a little different from "総督".
I think that there is the role of （the captain general/the commander-in-chief） at the time of the war in "総督".
Therefore how about the name called "総司" which took initial 2 characters of the kanji of "総司令官" ?
A reading of is (総司/soushi).
"総司" is the name of a famous samurai.
There was a samurai called "沖田総司/Okita soushi" in famous samurai group "新撰組/Shinsengumi" of the Meiji Restoration.
"沖田総司" is the samurai who appears in OVA of anime "るろうに剣心/Rurouni Kenshin or Samurai X".
"沖田総司/Okita soushi" and "新撰組/Shinsengumi" might be recorded in wiki.
If it is a well informed person about the history of Japan, it understands at once.Of course, all Japanese know.
"沖田総司/Okita soushi" and "新撰組/Shinsengumi" are themes of the drama and the movie in frequent.

About middle name

How about the kanji called "慈愛" ?
This kanji is a meaning of deep love that parents love child.
A reading of is (慈愛/ziai).

About family name

I think it to be good in "緑野".
I examined it in a family name dictionary and confirmed it.
It is a rare family name, but it is a family name to exist in Japan.
Names called "緑野" are used for a name of a park and the land well.
A reading of is (緑野/midorino).

緑野総司（Midorino soushi）・・・ is a very cool name.
It is a name like a character appearing in an anime and manga.
The middle name was omitted.

How about you in this name?

TeBeLa · 29 Jun 2009

Noraemon-san,
Thank you very, very much for your help! I will adopt your ideas right away. If all people in Japan are as kind as you, it must truly be a wonderful and special place.
Many thanks,
TeBeLa

TeBeLa · 30 Jun 2009

New avatar okay?

Noraemon-san,

Is my new avatar an acceptable presentation of Midorino soushi?

Best regards,
TeBeLa

noraemon · 30 Jun 2009

TeBeLa said:
Is my new avatar an acceptable presentation of Midorino soushi?
TeBeLa

Oh, it is cool.
The avatar of the seal type（印鑑/inkan,hanko） is good.I should think.
Is the font a tenshotai/篆書体(mainly used for seals,It is a font of the kanji of classics)?

How would you make it?
I was impressed.

I think that Japan is an interesting place.
TeBeLa-san, please come to Japan by all means.
I think that a Japanese is kind.
Many Japanese cannot speak the English well（Including me）.
But anyone makes an effort to speak English.
Besides, you can talk to some Japanese.
There is no lack to play/enjoy in Japan.

TeBeLa · 30 Jun 2009

Hanko avatar

Noraemon-san,
To make the image I used is-hanko.co.jp/shachi/tensho_check.html to obtain the tenshotai characters, then used a graphics editing program (Paint Shop Pro, which is like Photoshop) to move them into place and color them. I looked at inkan images on the Web to work out the spacing and style.
You made it possible, however, and I again thank you very much.
TeBeLa

noraemon · 30 Jun 2009

TeBeLa-san,
Did you make this Hanko with Paint Shop, Photoshop?

amazing.

Toritoribe · 30 Jun 2009

TeBeLa said:
Is my new avatar an acceptable presentation of Midorino soushi?

But when written vertically, the lines generally go on from right to left. It's better to be like this.;-)

TeBeLa · 30 Jun 2009

Because I'm a westerner (I live in Texas) I was under the impression that instead of last-name-first, as with Japanese names, that my name would usually be first-name-first. Does that not apply (1) because we've translated my name by meaning instead of phonetically or perhaps (2) because it's always last-name first when vertical writing is used?
TeBeLa

noraemon · 30 Jun 2009

Toritoribe said:
But when written vertically, the lines generally go on from right to left. It's better to be like this.

When it is Japan, it becomes such shape.

TeBeLa said:
Because I'm a westerner (I live in Texas) I was under the impression that instead of last-name-first, as with Japanese names, that my name would usually be first-name-first. Does that not apply (1) because we've translated my name by meaning instead of phonetically or perhaps (2) because it's always last-name first when vertical writing is used?
TeBeLa

In Japan, a family name is the beginning of the name.
Therefore, it becomes it in order meant by Toritoribe-san.
However, first name is the beginning of the name in the West.
I think that either is cool.

Toritoribe · 30 Jun 2009

TeBeLa said:
Because I'm a westerner (I live in Texas) I was under the impression that instead of last-name-first, as with Japanese names, that my name would usually be first-name-first. Does that not apply (1) because we've translated my name by meaning instead of phonetically or perhaps (2) because it's always last-name first when vertical writing is used?
TeBeLa

Because it's always the right line first when vertical writing is used.
緑野総司 is a JAPANESE name, both 緑野 and 総司 are common as a Japanese surname and given name respectively. So I can recognize 緑野 as a surname/総司 as a given name even from your avatar, and then I would judge that it should be a mis-made hanko for a Japanese person...

noraemon · 30 Jun 2009

Toritoribe said:
Because it's always the right line first when vertical writing is used.
緑野総司 is a JAPANESE name, both 緑野 and 総司 are common as a Japanese surname and given name respectively. So I can recognize 緑野 as a surname/総司 as a given name even from your avatar, and then I would judge that it should be a mis-made hanko for a Japanese person...

I see.

If the Japanese sees as a Hanko, it might be thought it is strange.
Because Japanese is vertically written from the right side.

TeBeLa · 30 Jun 2009

Toritoribe-san, Noraemon-san,

Better avatar?

緑野総司 (TeBeLa)

Toritoribe · 1 Jul 2009

:emoji_thumbsup::emoji_thumbsup:

noraemon · 1 Jul 2009

It is very cool avatar（Hanko）.

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