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[Deleted member 713885]

My sons buddy got a tattoo and we suspect he got dooped into the bullshit-Kanji-trap.

He believes it says 'Protect' but we think it doesnt (after looking up the Kanji for protect)

 

[triplestation]

"exit this way"

 

[eot]

#kanji 防 - Jisho.org

classic.jisho.org

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Do you think Japanese people get English words tattooed into their flesh?

 

[eot]

Do you think Japanese people get English words tattooed into their flesh?

Japs, by and large, don't really get tattoos, it's a cultural thing. They do wear shirts with ridiculous English phrases / words though, in the same way people do with East Asian languages in the west

 

[DESTROYA]

What a strange tattoo , a demon with a bloody nose and a crooked finger touching her lower lip......OK.

 

[pennythoughts]

"I have information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton"

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Japs, by and large, don't really get tattoos, it's a cultural thing. They do wear shirts with ridiculous English phrases / words though, in the same way people do with East Asian languages in the west

It was a joke post!

 

[John Day]

"Fuck me".

 

[nush]

Do you think Japanese people get English words tattooed into their flesh?

I know some Chinese girls that have.

 

[Jae Mara]

I work beside a Japanese girl and I just showed her the image without the thread context, she said it means protect. Your sons buddy lucked out on this one.

 

[Scotty W]

Do you think Japanese people get English words tattooed into their flesh?

A lot of Onsen (baths) ban people with any tattoos because of the association with the Yakuza.

 

[DESTROYA]

If that says protect it didn't protect him from getting such a shitty tattoo.

 

[pennythoughts]

It's a ward to fend off weebs but it requires him to become one.

 

[nbcjr]

Horrible tat

 

[GymWolf]

I love soup.

 

[OP 90s JRPG Party Member]

It depends what sense he was trying to mean it in. It does mean to protect or defend on its own as the verb 防ぐ, but usually in a more physical sense. It originally referred to a dam or an embankment to stop flooding, and the word gained semantic associations from there.. Like 砂防 means 'erosion control,' 防衛 refers to a defensive facility, like a military base etc.

If they meant it in a more spiritual/ideological sense, mamoru 守 is used in the sense of protecting someone you care about, or something of cultural value, and it's the character used on talismans & protective charms you get from Buddhist temples & Shintō shrines.

 

[SirKicksalot]

 

[Foamy]

It's an abbreviated old Japanese proverb which loosely translated to English says "Cowboy butts drive me nuts".