Comments on: In Defense of Kanji Tattoo Typos

By: wojtek

wojtek — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 08:07:32 +0000

Then again, it could’ve as well been the Chinese word aizi – beloved chiled.

By: jonwaller

jonwaller — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 01:04:19 +0000

RT @ajatt: The only bad kanji tattoo is a tattoo that has no kanji in it. t.co/VUrTepI0HZ

By: ajatt

ajatt — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 01:00:21 +0000

The only bad kanji tattoo is a tattoo that has no kanji in it. t.co/VUrTepI0HZ

By: Tatoo kanjis | Swineflustoppe

Tatoo kanjis | Swineflustoppe — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:57:27 +0000

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By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:34:21 +0000

Her tattoo is the name Aiko. That’s what a Japanese person would recognize when looking at these characters. There is no word for beloved child that uses those characters, just the name Aiko. And the caption is making fun of the fact that this gaijin has the name Aiko tattooed on herself when her name is most definitely not Aiko. Who would tattoo their own name on themselves anyway? 🙂

By: Jupiter

Jupiter — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:55:03 +0000

I don’t think it’s the desire to get a kanji tattoo that people usually mock. It’s the stupidity of somebody getting an intelligible symbol permanently inscribed upon their flesh without at least consulting a native-speaker beforehand.

By: Kiruwa

Kiruwa — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:34:45 +0000

methinks you missed the joke…

By: Vaendryl

Vaendryl — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:10:28 +0000

you can laugh at me all you want, just tell me what’s so funny.
someone has “beloved child” tattooed on their skin… maybe that’s silly and maybe they meant something slightly different but I don’t see why it’s funny. is it because it’s also the name of someone famous such as.. a certain princess? still doesn’t strike me as a big deal.

By: さんタク

さんタク — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:13:38 +0000

As the caption reads, there is nothing wrong with the tattoo in the picture. I’m trying my hardest not to laugh at you. 😛

By: さんタク

さんタク — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:09:19 +0000

I’ll get 「あなたの名前」 tattooed on my rear.
“I have your name tattooed on my a** in Japanese!”

By: Storm-Wolf

Storm-Wolf — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:23:16 +0000

I like this post. I like it because even though i don’t make fun of people a lot,
i might, one day, want to make fun of someone who has a tatoo of a stupid kanji,
or a tatoo with kanjis with typos.

This post reminds me that even though i may know a few kanjis, there is no need
for me to be a smart ass about it.

And this lesson also applies to everything else.

By: Neoglitch

Neoglitch — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:22:19 +0000

I would never make fun of a person that has an "error" on his/her kanji tattoo... the very idea is stupid. BUT, if I see a boy proudly wearing a red shirt with the kanji of hemorrhoids in it, I would at least let him know what the kanji stands for, and let him decide what to do next :)

By: Agent J

Agent J — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:08:33 +0000

Nobody likes a grammar nazi especially when it’s irrelevant to the subject matter, and article.

Thank you.

By: Karen P

Karen P — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:30:12 +0000

Your use of an apostrophe in “her’s” is most definitely incorrect.

By: Vaendryl

Vaendryl — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:33:20 +0000

this article reminds me…
I once met a dude who had a string of hiragana on his inner arm. I couldn’t quite make it out because he wouldn’t sit still in a way that’d let me see it so I asked him what it was about.
he happily told me it was the date of his wedding. his wife had the exact same tattoo. turns out way back when he typed in the date in word and converted it to some random font. he didn’t even know they were Japanese syllables or that they couldn’t possibly mean numbers on their own. (he even thought a dakuten meant a dash in the date) I tried my hardest not to laugh at his stupidity.
I don’t see what’s wrong with the kanji-tattoo in the picture though. anyone willing to elucidate?

By: SomeCallMeChris

SomeCallMeChris — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:28:46 +0000

Well, the only time I see people talking about Kanji tattoos is when someone comes to ask advice on getting one, and it’s not so much ‘making fun of’ as … viciously discouraging the very idea. I think the anti-tattoo attitude of the Japanese rubs off on people studying the language or something. Perhaps character-tattoo seeking westerners would have better luck talking to learners of Chinese, I don’t know…
But, honestly, the only reason that the Japanese don’t tattoo ‘exotic’ English phrases all over their bodies is exactly because of that whole yakuza/tattoo prejudicial attitude going on. They slap incorrect and incoherent exotic occidental phrases all over everything else, though! I kinda like the T-shirts with nonsensical phrases on them that so many anime and dorama characters wear. I’ve heard that the tattoo prejudice is weakening anyway, so maybe there will be prevalent exotic western phrase tattoos in a few more years (or decades… )

By: Jake Stichler - Debt Sucks

Jake Stichler - Debt Sucks — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:12:57 +0000

And everyone else will as “what does your tattoo mean?” And I’ll say….. “what?”

By: Jake Stichler - Debt Sucks

Jake Stichler - Debt Sucks — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:36:51 +0000

Ahhh I just had the best idea in the world! I want to get 何 on my upper arm. Maybe even with furigana. And then, anytime someone who knows it sees it, they’ll think I’m an idiot. And if I go to Japan, they won’t think I’m an idiot, they’ll just be confused.

By: リチャード

リチャード — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:32:56 +0000

I agree with you in principle. But it’s not as if half these people are even trying to actually learn Japanese. They just want an exotic tattoo… I’d say not all of them are even that in love with the script itself. More like the novelty. I still have never made fun of anyone for their tattoos, but if someone does show me their tattoo and asks me what it means, I’m not going to sugar coat that it’s not what they thought it was.

By: Suchiko

Suchiko — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:04:07 +0000

Oh wow… a personal kanji??? That sounds amazing! Now I want one, too! 😀