Makes you dream come true ???

vitteke · (#1 (**permalink**))

Hello Guys !!

Im a big fan of japan, the cultures, people, the country, the food....everything !!! Im going on my second japanese tattoo ...

id like to get the right translation for : makes your dream come true (kanji)

can someone please help me !!

thank you very much !!

Clo xx

MMM · (#2 (**permalink**))

Just out of curiosity, what does your first tattoo say?

JackIsLost · (#3 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by vitteke

Hello Guys !!

Im a big fan of japan, the cultures, people, the country, the food....everything !!! Im going on my second japanese tattoo ...

id like to get the right translation for : makes your dream come true (kanji)

can someone please help me !!

thank you very much !!

Clo xx

if you need to ask how to translate you shouldn't really try to get it. because meaning is lost during translation, but why get a tattoo you don't understand?

vitteke · (#4 (**permalink**))

MMM : the first one mean freedom !

JackIsLost: A japanese friend of mine told me there is a tranlsation for 'makes your dream come true'. She has been in Canada for too long now and told me I should ask someone else to make sure she wont make any mistake.

why get a tattoo you don't understand? if know the meaning of it, dont i understand it ?

KyleGoetz · (#5 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by vitteke

MMM : the first one mean freedom !

JackIsLost: A japanese friend of mine told me there is a tranlsation for 'makes your dream come true'. She has been in Canada for too long now and told me I should ask someone else to make sure she wont make any mistake.

why get a tattoo you don't understand? if know the meaning of it, dont i understand it ?

Because you cannot verify its authenticity, you cannot understand it no matter what you may think it means. Therefore, you do not understand it, even if you think you know the meaning.

Second, literal translations rarely exist. There are always cultural compromises.

Third, it's offensive because you're objectifying a culture because "oh man those chinky symbols are so cool (even though I don't know much about them)."

Fourth, DREAMS COME TRUE in English is just fine in Japanese. There is, after all, a Japanese band with that name.

Dreams Come True - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Finally, the teaching moment: ノー・ジャパニーズ. There you are.

GTJ · (#6 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz

Finally, the teaching moment: ノー・ジャパニーズ. There you are.

Hahaha!

Yeah there's another thread about this (I don't feel like pulling it up). Long story short: You don't know the language, so don't emblazon it on your skin. Just because you know the "translation" doesn't mean you know the "meaning".

Besides, it's tacky. I don't agree that its racist, but it is a little disrespectful to the language, and, like I said, pretty tacky and uncool.

If I had ¥100 for every time I've seen some meathead or weaboo walking around with "kitchen" or "free (as in free of cost, not freedom)" written somewhere on them in sloppy kanji (most of the time the kanji is backward, too), I'd be a rich, rich man indeed.

alanX · (#7 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by GTJ

Hahaha!

Yeah there's another thread about this (I don't feel like pulling it up). Long story short: You don't know the language, so don't emblazon it on your skin. Just because you know the "translation" doesn't mean you know the "meaning".

Besides, it's tacky. I don't agree that its racist, but it is a little disrespectful to the language, and, like I said, pretty tacky and uncool.

If I had ¥100 for every time I've seen some meathead or weaboo walking around with "kitchen" or "free (as in free of cost, not freedom)" written somewhere on them in sloppy kanji (most of the time the kanji is backward, too), I'd be a rich, rich man indeed.

Just got back from Costco.
(Love that store, always see some Asian cutie-pies in there.)

Anyways, saw some moron with "便所" on his arm.
I wanted to go up to him and be like "Hey, what's your tattoo mean?"
But I'm too shy.

EDIT: Also, I started a thread a long time ago called "Your thoughts on Kanji tattoos."
Check it out if you'd like. Pretty interesting discussion in there.

GTJ · (#8 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by alanX

Anyways, saw some moron with "便所" on his arm.
I wanted to go up to him and be like "Hey, what's your tattoo mean?"
But I'm too shy.

Aw man don't be shy! You could've had an awesome story out of that.

But yeah that's pretty funny. I love that word, lol XD

kunitokotachi · (#9 (**permalink**))

Rofl. lol. I don't know what to say. Those mistakes happen a lot.

korriken · (#10 (**permalink**))

I've already learned to not trust online kanji searches, but this one keeps coming up with "toilet". That can't be right, or at least, i hope not...