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[Mikawa Ossan]

You are genius!!

I agree!
bansai!

 

[Ashikaga]

You are genius!!

aww.. thank you very much. It just came to me.

To the OP,

In Japanese, it basically means "a state of happiness/joy/pleasure", I think.

 

[SilentShadow]

Thank you all for your input!! To whoever asked as to where and or when i acquired the wall mural it was about a year and a half ago at a college bookstore poster sale. No one there knew what it meant and really didn't know how to place it correctly. I just tacked it to the wall the same way they had their sample up. Thanks again for the help folks!!

P.S. the purchase tag on the mural says that it's a Japanese tapestry.

 

[neokai]

And on the flip side it will probably say made in Thailand.

Honestly because of how it's flipped around and written, no Japanese/Chinese speaking person would have done it. Unless he suffers from a right/left brain symptom that prevents him/her from writing normally.

 

[kbrownridge]

Dragon Lovers

I have a large tattoo of two dragons which I got for my 5 year wedding anniversary which symbolizes my wife and I.
I want to accent it with some kanji.
But, of course, I want to make sure the correct meaning is conveyed.
The meaning I'm looking for is "Dragon Lovers" - meaning two dragons as a pair in love.
Not "a dragon lover" - one who loves dragons.
So I'm unclear in which order the kanji should appear.
Is it:
恋人の竜
or
竜の恋人
Then should I be using the more common kanji: 竜
Or the less used: 龍
Then there's the proper pronounciation:
For the last one, is it
りゅうのこいびと
Ryuu no koribito
or
たつのこいびと
Tatsu no koribito?
Of course, I could be completely wrong altogether so your help is appreciated.
Kirk

 

[Elizabeth]

I have a large tattoo of two dragons which I got for my 5 year wedding anniversary which symbolizes my wife and I.
I want to accent it with some kanji.
But, of course, I want to make sure the correct meaning is conveyed.
The meaning I'm looking for is "Dragon Lovers" - meaning two dragons as a pair in love.
Not "a dragon lover" - one who loves dragons.
So I'm unclear in which order the kanji should appear.
Is it:
恋人の竜
or
竜の恋人
Then should I be using the more common kanji: 竜
Or the less used: 龍
Then there's the proper pronounciation:
For the last one, is it
りゅうのこいびと
Ryuu no koribito
or
たつのこいびと
Tatsu no koribito?
Of course, I could be completely wrong altogether so your help is appreciated.
Kirk

How about 竜(龍）の恋人同士 ？= （りゅうのこいびとどうし） pair of dragon lovers

Dragon lovers as in dragon enthusiasts is quite a different grammar in Japanese.


And double posting is confusing, btw. Please be patient. We got it the first time.

 

[budo]

Kanji for 'online'

Hi can anyone give me the kanji translation for the word online?

I would be very grateful

tThanks :emoji_flushed:

 

[Chidoriashi]

I suppose I cannot be 100% certain but the best you will get in Japanese is in katakana.. オンライン
Japanese has many borrowed words from other languages, especially for modern terms. I would bet Chinese has some made up kanji (hanzi) for it though.

 

[budo]

ok thank you.
What im after is adding a kanji text image to my website logo, my website is called budo online its a martial arts site, i have the budo kanji and wanted to also add online to it so it says budo online in nice kanji and then i can make a graphic out of it?

Thanks

 

[Chidoriashi]

The most natural looking logo will use those Katakana characters then, since you are using the word in a Japanese context.

 

[budo]

Ok thanks that's great. Now i just need to get it in thicker calligraphy style like my budo kanji calligraphy is, (I would show you a link but I don't have access to post links yet). I searched in google with the online katakana you gave me but as its not a popular Japanese word I cant find any thicker calligraphy styles of it. Hard to explain but basically i have the budo calligraphy which i got from google images and edited but now I need to find some for the online katakana (オンライン) that's a bit thicker and calligraphy like to match my 'budo,' any ideas where i could find this from or request it from? I may have to attempt it myself from the katakana you gave me ha ha

thanks

thanks

 

[Questioning]

My wife got this kanji tattoo a while ago and has slowly added things to it. She recently came across a discrepancy. She got "love" kanji and after doing research she has found different kanji for it. Basically I'm curious if the kanji she did get also means "love" or if it means something different.

Thanks in advance, and hopefully this works...

 

[Elizabeth]

My wife got this kanji tattoo a while ago and has slowly added things to it. She recently came across a discrepancy. She got "love" kanji and after doing research she has found different kanji for it. Basically I'm curious if the kanji she did get also means "love" or if it means something different.
Thanks in advance, and hopefully this works...

Definitely isn't love. I can't tell more without a clearer image and seeing it in original form.

 

[Questioning]

Yeah, sorry about the quality. It's even hard to make out in person. She is really upset that it's wrong. She got friend, trust and "love" tattooed on her lower back/spine. I guess she should have done her research before she got it instead of after.

Maybe someone else can see it well enough to translate.

Thanks for your reply Elizabeth.

 

[Elizabeth]

Yeah, sorry about the quality. It's even hard to make out in person. She is really upset that it's wrong. She got friend, trust and "love" tattooed on her lower back/spine. I guess she should have done her research before she got it instead of after.
Maybe someone else can see it well enough to translate.
Thanks for your reply Elizabeth.

At least it's just a bunch of radicals thrown together and nothing embarrassing ! Where did she have it done ? Yeah, homework, homework and more homework. Either that or hire a professional translator. I am always astounded by the severity of mistakes made in kanji tattoos....

 

[undrentide]

My wife got this kanji tattoo a while ago and has slowly added things to it. She recently came across a discrepancy. She got "love" kanji and after doing research she has found different kanji for it. Basically I'm curious if the kanji she did get also means "love" or if it means something different.
Thanks in advance, and hopefully this works...

Kanji for love is 愛
The one she got is 寵
It is not used in daily conversation but it means "to care", "to cherish", "to take someone under one's wing", etc.
I think that there's another kanji above this one?
恩寵 is a kanji compound, meaning "grace (of God)".

 

[Questioning]

I have 2 more pictures that may be a little more clear.

And again, thanks for your help Elizabeth.

Kanji for love is 愛
The one she got is 寵
It is not used in daily conversation but it means "to care", "to cherish", "to take someone under one's wing", etc.
I think that there's another kanji above this one?
恩寵 is a kanji compound, meaning "grace (of God)".

Thanks for replying Undrentide.
Could a possible mistranslation mistake that for love?

 

[Elizabeth]

Kanji for love is 愛
The one she got is 寵
It is not used in daily conversation but it means "to care", "to cherish", "to take someone under one's wing", etc.
I think that there's another kanji above this one?
恩寵 is a kanji compound, meaning "grance (of God)".

Oh, I get it now. The characters are separated. I expected more kanji that were gradually added onto the original.

The meaning is of 寵 seems more like かわいがる (treasure, cherish, adore, tender feeling of affection...) than romantic, familial love or sexual attraction.

 

[undrentide]

I have 2 more pictures that may be a little more clear.

And again, thanks for your help Elizabeth.


Thanks for replying Undrentide.
Could a possible mistranslation mistake that for love?

I see another kanji above 寵.
Having closer look, I'm sorry to say that the artist who did the tattoo does not have much knowledge about kanji.
信 means to believe, or belief, but the left side of it has a wrong (unnecessary) stroke.
Also from 寵 one stroke is missing from 月 part...

Yes, I agree, there seems to have been misinterpretation or mistranslation about the meaning of 寵, as Elizabeth mentioned.

She must be upset to find it does not mean what she thought/intended, but at least these kanji are not something embarrassing, if it can be of any comfort...

 

[Questioning]

Ya she is a bit disappointed about it, but relieved that it isn't something bad. She might, in the future, see if it can be covered up and redone with the correct one, but at least for now she feels a little better.

I guess your translations would mean it's a different form of love, and maybe not the one she originally intended.

Again, thanks for the help.

 

[m3nac3]

I'm from Croatia and I'm considering a kanji tattoo... i did some research on kanji but i am just a beginner and i need some expert opinion... my friend had a tattoo at the same guy i wanna go... I'm a little bit suspicious soooo.... please translate this to me... its a picture...
please tell me the meaning of every sign... sign by sign and if it has a meaning all together...
sorry for my bad eEnglish and if I don't know what I'm talking about... 10x... :emoji_thinking::emoji_thinking::emoji_thinking::emoji_thinking:

Please translate this to me...

 

[Elizabeth]

I see another kanji above 寵.
Having closer look, I'm sorry to say that the artist who did the tattoo does not have much knowledge about kanji.
信 means to believe, or belief, but the left side of it has a wrong (unnecessary) stroke.
Also from 寵 one stroke is missing from 月 part...

Yes, I agree, there seems to have been misinterpretation or mistranslation about the meaning of 寵, as Elizabeth mentioned.

She must be upset to find it does not mean what she thought/intended, but at least these kanji are not something embarrassing, if it can be of any comfort...

I suppose the misunderstanding may have come from a tattoo artist who could only copy kanji and couldn't actually write it. Even the samples available at parlours themselves often include wrongly applied brush strokes, translations, etc.

So what was supposed to be 月 also looked like 日 to me. :?

 

[noraemon]

image is at imageshack code of the image---> p2208091823.jpg

I cannot watch attached "jpg".
Will you post it once again?

 

[m3nac3]

I cannot watch attached "jpg".
Will you post it once again?

10x for trying... the problem is that im a new user and I cant post images or urls... I don't know any other way how to present this because i cant write kanji on the computer to rewrite this... the picture is the only way...


there are some spaces between dots and backslashes... (that was the only way to post the link... hope you can manage it and see the picture eventually... 10x again...)

 

[Elizabeth]

10x for trying... the problem is that I'm a new user and i cant post images or urls... I don't know any other way how to present this because i cant write kanji on the computer to rewrite this... the picture is the only way...


there are some spaces between dots and backslashes... (that was the only way to post the link... hope you can manage it and see the picture eventually... 10x again...)

Some are slightly stylized (off strokes), so these are my best efforts at matching.

I couldn't see any meaning except for the first (空文） and last two (手工？？）

空 = Empty/sky

文 = Writing/word

(空文 ＝ Dead letter)

流 = Flow

手 = Hand

工 ？？

手工 = Handicraft, artisan/made by hand