Japanese Tattoo Comments For AiKo in Kahalu u, HI

posted on : 5/10/2008

monkey said :

wow, who did your koi? it looks really nice

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posted on : 2/14/2008

briebabe said :

wow. love the new edition it looks great. so what's next!!!

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posted on : 11/4/2007

AiKo said :

briebabe, it's up there in my description... "Next will be some autumn leaves, plumeria flowers, and my koi on my shoulder."

but first i still need to add the water around my fishies of course. i'm still looking for a good artist around here.

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posted on : 10/31/2007

briebabe said :

wow!!! i love the new edition. pretty cool. so. . . what is up next??

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posted on : 10/13/2007

merbo said :

thats very pretty i love it

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posted on : 10/11/2007

AiKo said :

haha, thanks briebabe! and that's funny that you said that, because i just got some new work done today! yup, i'm gonna get the right-half of my back done... eventually. slowy. i'm getting there. haha. and yeah, that staple was an accident. but it counts as a piercing, right?

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posted on : 10/10/2007

briebabe said :

girl you are THE cutest thing. i just love your tat (so unique) and you should go for the full back piece of japan style tats. just do it a lilttle at a time. what the hell is with the staple though-that is kind of random.

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posted on : 10/9/2007

AiKo said :

ok, i found a poorly written one of "poem" to give you the idea.
http://www.ojaipost.com/shih.gif

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posted on : 10/9/2007

AiKo said :

also where did you find the kanji for "wind" and "poem"?

here's "wind"
http://www.japan-infos.de/uploads/pics/schriftzeichen-wind.gif

and i've found the one for "poem/poetry" but i cant find a good picture of it. It's pronounced "shi"

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posted on : 10/9/2007

AiKo said :

here's some other pictures of the "love" kanji.

http://www.luckyicons.com/images/kanji_love_lg.gif

http://www.fastdecals.com/graphics/love_kanji_tn.jpg

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posted on : 10/9/2007

AiKo said :

reply to "wanting ink"
well, i'm not 100% fluent in japanese. but aslong as you don't line up the kanji (so spread them out within the tattoo) then it's a guarantee that it won't read like a sentence. i hate when people put them together if they dont know. it could read something wrong. chinese & japanese use the same kanji, but read them differently. people don't consider that. and the top kanji in mine alone reads as "Love." together is says "loved one" or "lovely." but its a name. like how my real name is Ann which means "graceful." but you wouldnt tat Ann on you if your name isnt Ann. ya know?

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posted on : 9/26/2007

wanting ink said :

Hi, you seem to know how to translate kanji and I wanted to ask your help if I could be so bold? If I was to put the same character you had on top (Beloved Or loved one) with the kanji for wind and the one for poem; or line of a poem would it say Beloved , wind, poem or am I way off? I dont want to have a tat that says " I love the wind blowing my poem"! By the way your tat is lovely!!!!

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posted on : 9/26/2007

posted on : 6/17/2007

lollie3345 said :

beautiful love the brush stroke and the georgia thing is very original check mine out

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posted on : 6/12/2007

unseenangel2707 said :

very pretty! i love the flowers. do you think i should add something to mine?

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posted on : 8/28/2006

AiKo said :

Thanks "a guy" but mine is in Japanese, not Chinese, so it is correct. The Japanese took the Chinese characters and adapted it to their own language, so sometimes they differ. Thanks for the concern though. I don't know what it is in Chinese, maybe it is "son," I don't know Chinese. That bottom character, "KO," alone means "child." "KO" is regularly added to other characters to form a name, normally for girls. So when added to "Ai" (which is "love") it becomes "lovely" or "loved one." "O" is added for boys. For example my brother is "Take-O" which is literally translated as "Bamboo King/Royalty," but is meant more as "strength" since bamboo is so sturdy. Our family jokes that he was named that because he is so hard-headed.

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posted on : 8/6/2006

a guy said :

cool, BUT the character on the bottom means "son" in chinese... not sure if it passes as "child". you should have that checked out

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posted on : 6/6/2006

sendyou4 said :

thanx for the comment on mine..... your tat is awsome

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posted on : 5/30/2006

k4tj3 said :

I love your tat, and thanks for commenting on mine! I did compare the two characters, and mine is more of a 3 shape with a horizontal line, than the T-ish shape yours is, but I love your brush strokes better. :)

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posted on : 5/27/2006

AiKo said :

^ she's talking about hers, not mine, btw

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posted on : 5/27/2006

asilnor_ said :

yes the photo is backwards, i didnt realise, thanx :-)

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posted on : 5/26/2006

jonehox said :

looks really nice

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posted on : 5/26/2006

monkey said :

HAHAH, yea, tattoos are really expensive, I'm pretty much broke now too, but luckily a friend of mine did it, so i was able to get some discount, haha. Hope to see ur finish product when your done

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posted on : 5/26/2006

AiKo said :

well, it was my first(and only) so it did hurt, but i have nothing to compare the pain to. and the artist did warn me about that area. but i didnt want to get it in the middle and be a "tramp stamp" (even though its still pretty close!)

im hoping to work my way up and do the whole right side of my back. and keep it very japanese. i want a koi, maple leaves, sakura flowers.... but im too broke for that.... haha, wishes.

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posted on : 5/26/2006

monkey said :

Really nice brush stroke, clean piece. I heard that spot is really painful.

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