Monday, April 18, 2005

"Peaceful Prisoner"


http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A50418/high/bmegl051075.jpg
http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A50418/high/bmegl051080.jpg
http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A50418/high/bmegl051071.jpg

My first impression of this tattoo was "it could be a screwed up (wisdom)".

The top half of is suppose to be , not ; and the bottom partial should be , not a .

Or the guy really wanted "peaceful prisoner".

= harmony, peace; peaceful, calm
= prisoner, convict; confine


12 comments:

  1. I have to say that it's a pretty sweet tattoo job.
    Now only if the words actually make sense...

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  2. Maybe it means "Reduced sentence for good behavior." ;)

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  3. mebbe it means "with a prisoner."

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  4. it means .. "freedom is choosing your prison" .. and this guy has chosen and is happy with his choise .. or .. he may also be a blithering idiot .. both are possible

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  5. In Japanese, it could be read "Japanese Prisoner", as 和食, 和室, and 和風 mean, respectively, Japanese food, Japanese room, and Japanese-style.

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  6. I read it as "Japanese prisoner."

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  7. The question being, now, why would you want to brag about being jailed in Japan? An extreme version of "I went to Tokyo and all I got was this lousy T-shirt"?=D

    shi-hsia

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  8. give me a cappucino!!

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  9. This is a stretch, but it could be an older version kanji. That hito-like bit in the box is often shifted to a straight line. For example, tsuki (moon) and niku (meat) are essentially the same kanji. Problem is, tsuki and niku don't mean the same thing anymore.. and neither do these.

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  10. 月肉因?
    Moon, meat, prisoner?
    I don't get it.

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  11. what kind of tattoo is that? it looks raised up or something.

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  12. it looks like it was done on an uncooked chicken leg.

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