Thank you for the reply. I just didn't want to get this tattooed if it didn't make sense when read. That would have just been a big headache.

Of course. My regular tattoo artist is awesome. He did all my other tattoos freehand.

Example:

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/ … 481i7s.png

From a purely aesthetic point of view, that's *alot* of hiragana! Can't you surmise it into mostly kanji?

Also is your tattooist Chinese or Japanese? Just because he can draw freehand, doesn't mean he can write Japanese characters correctly.

would you want English of equivalent meaning tattooed on yourself?

Japanese words don't carry any mystical powers you know.

It doesn't look very "tattoo-ish". Probably because of all the hiragana, like aphasiac said. If you carry on progressing with the language, you'll probably look at it and think it's just some lame sentence, like you would at the English equivalent. There's probably a yojijukugo that conveys the meaning of living without regret. There's one for just about everything... It seems a bit off to omit the い in いたい in 活字 too.

Last edited by Javizy (2012 April 05, 6:24 am)

this sounds like a really bad idea. my 2 cents.

also why is it that when gaijin get kanji tattoos they always use the most basic textbook font? when was the last time you saw an english tattoo in helvetica? that looks like something I would read on a menu at Denny's. at least use a little calligraphy if you're going to say something cheezy using tons of hiragana.

I never said that was the font I was going to use. I just used that font as a demo of how I was breaking it up. And that's why I'm asking for help on forums before I get this tattooed. I wanna make sure it makes sense before I tattooed it.

I don't regret a single tattoo I have and all my tattoos are easily hidden. I don't get tattoos to please other people.

Why do you even post if your just going to attack me? That's really mature.

Anyways, thanks to everyone who offered help.