Help with translation

[ataendo]

Cheers peeps,

So here is the deal, i'm thinking of doing a tattoo with my cats name (died after 14 years, sorta of an homage) and i would love to make it in Japanese characters.

The name is Misu (Me-zoo), which i know means 'Water' in Japanese...

The thing is i'm not sure if theres a different way to write it which is more appropriated, seeing it is a name...

Any help would be welcomed...

Thanks in advance.

[KyleGoetz]

Originally Posted by ataendo

The name is Misu (Me-zoo), which i know means 'Water' in Japanese...

Except that "misu" is not "water."

And the name is ミス.

[YuriTokoro]

Originally Posted by ataendo

Cheers peeps,

The name is Misu (Me-zoo), which i know means 'Water' in Japanese...

The thing is i'm not sure if theres a different way to write it which is more appropriated, seeing it is a name...

Any help would be welcomed...

Thanks in advance.

Hi.

As KyleGoetz said, Misu is not water, but “mistake”.
Water is mizu.
If you want some letters for tattoo, why don’t you use kanji?
Water is 水　.

[ataendo]

Ah, i see. I should have been more careful with the pronunciation. I'm Portuguese so the s in misu reads like a z. So, yes... mizu is what i meant.

[ataendo]

Originally Posted by YuriTokoro

Hi.

As KyleGoetz said, Misu is not water, but “mistake”.
Water is mizu.
If you want some letters for tattoo, why don’t you use kanji?
Water is 水　.

Yeah, but since it's a name i would like the to do the characters that pronounce the name itself. Like KyleGoetz did, but for Mizu this time

[MMM]

Originally Posted by ataendo

Yeah, but since it's a name i would like the to do the characters that pronounce the name itself. Like KyleGoetz did, but for Mizu this time

That would be ミズ

and a very bizarre tattoo.

[ataendo]

Originally Posted by MMM

That would be ミズ

and a very bizarre tattoo.

Lol, why is that?

[ataendo]

Thank you all, by the way.

[MMM]

Originally Posted by ataendo

Lol, why is that?

You don't think so?

Mizu is not a name in Japanese, it is water, so to have it written phonetically is strange, and then tattooing that on your skin permanently, is strange, and then it is the name of a cat, and it is in a language you cannot read.

[ataendo]

Apparently it's a popular cats name, i gave the name because of a cartoon i used to watch when i was growing up (had a cat with the same name in it). And honestly, i really don't think it's that odd, phonetically it's much closer to a Japanese name and Japanese characters are aesthetically pleasant.

Anyways, what kind of Japanese is this? Hiragana, kanji, something else?