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I've had this shirt for over a year...got it at Express or something if I remember...does it actually say anything or is it just "cool looking "asian" characters" for us whities?
I've never had a negative response while wearing it but for all I know it could say "I love to spoon with elephants" or something worse
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Re: what is on my shirt? translation needed
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#265078 - 09/26/11 02:31 AM
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> I've had this shirt for over a year...got it at Express or something if I
> remember...does it actually say anything or is it just "cool looking "asian"
> characters" for us whities?
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> I've never had a negative response while wearing it but for all I know it could say
> "I love to spoon with elephants" or something worse
勇気 は 買戻し を 提供 する
Courage (topic marker) repurchase? (object marker) (to provide) (to do conjugation)
Courage provides repurchase?
I think it reads "Courage provides redemption". If that's right it should be "勇気は買い戻しを提供する". Any relationship with Dexter series?
http://www.hermitage.rdy.jp/csi/cf/index.php?Dexter%2F09%20Father%20Knows%20Best
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Re: what is on my shirt? translation needed
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#265080 - 09/26/11 03:20 AM
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Thanks. It's got "honor, courage, loyalty, discipline, valor" in english printed on it so I always assumed that's what was also printed above but you never know. I've always read of tattoos that do not translate at all to what the wearer intended.
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Re: what is on my shirt? translation needed
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#265082 - 09/26/11 04:49 AM
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>I've always read of tattoos that do not translate at all to what the wearer intended.
Holy crap, thats the truth.
My old partner from SC was Chinese... and people would show him tattoos all the time to see what they mean.
One dude thought he had "brave dragon" or something similar, and all it said was "American".
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Re: what is on my shirt? translation needed
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#265098 - 09/26/11 09:06 AM
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> > I've always read of tattoos that do not translate at all to what the wearer
> intended.
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> Holy crap, thats the truth.
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> My old partner from SC was Chinese... and people would show him tattoos all the time
> to see what they mean.
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> One dude thought he had "brave dragon" or something similar, and all it said was
> "American".
You'll love this blog then, it's highly probable you know it already:
http://hanzismatter.blogspot.com/
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Re: what is on my shirt? translation needed
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#265127 - 09/26/11 06:49 PM
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That's hilarious. Best practice is, if you don't know the language, you probably shouldn't get a tattoo in that language...I guess that should apply to me with buying clothes as well 
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Hanzismatter == Tattoo Assassins *nt*
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#265131 - 09/26/11 08:14 PM
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Re: what is on my shirt? translation needed
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#265134 - 09/26/11 08:46 PM
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> That's hilarious. Best practice is, if you don't know the language, you probably
> shouldn't get a tattoo in that language...I guess that should apply to me with buying
> clothes as well
And that's why I'll stick to only my nick in katakana:
バイオス・ディー
ダニエル doesn't sound look bad tough.
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Re: what is on my shirt? translation needed
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#265136 - 09/26/11 09:41 PM
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old chinese proverb "He who fart in church get good grade."
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I’m convinced Mario is a hobo.
He wakes up everyday in the same clothes, runs around in sewers, and collects coins for a living.
At the end of the day, he uses the coins to buy mushrooms
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