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Originally Posted by MMM
Maybe it seems obvious, but I would never get a foreign language tattoo from someone who doesn't speak the language.
Find an artist who can read Japanese (or Chinese, depending on how what direction you want to go.)
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i would never get a tattoo from anyone without knowing it yourself. there was a guy who got chinese on his arm in london, from a chinese person (i think possibly from singapore originally, it is a long time ago since i read about this) and he asked for the usual rubbish most people get like power etc. but the guy put on something that said 'man with ugly face' (again working off memory here).
a tattoo should be a very special thing to the person and of great meaning. i believe you should know what it is exactly before getting the ink done.
btw for those who say it doesn't have meaning without つ or another kanji, i would have to say that is taking things a little extreme. all characters have meaning by themselves. they may not be used commonly like that but they still carry the meaning. in this case though it would be the noun rather than a verb meaning (taken from edict) victory; win; prevail; excel
many older writings of japanese include very few hiragana were used. unfortunately kanji is being used less and less by japanese.. how many use the kanji for ありがとう （有り難う／有難う) anymore? it is a shame really.