FREE Japanese symbols, kanji tattoo design

How To Meet Japanese girls or boys

2008-01-22T01:12:00.000-08:00

Want to find your Japanese friends?

Well, nowadays, Japanese people try to search to find a new friend,
especially young kids.

Like Myspace, there is a Japanese social community site you can find
a Japanese person to communicate.

Check out the following website for more information.

How To Meet Japanese people

Japanese family crest with Japanese kanji name symbols

2007-10-29T21:13:00.000-07:00

Today, we are showing you the Japanese family crest with Japanese kanji name symbols.
Japanese family crest are normally used for representing a family, yet, it doesn't mean that the same family has the same family crest design.

In Japan, if you go to a country side, you will see a traditional Japanese houes which also put their Japanese family crest on the gate.

Historically, it was used by Samurai to represent their group.
Here is an example and what it looks like

This is a family crest with name, oda, written in kanji symbols.

Looks good, right?

FREE Japanese kanji symbols: Respect

2007-10-21T17:22:00.000-07:00

Today's FREE Japanese symbol is respect.
It is written in kanji script.
As you might know, there are 3 different Japanese scripts called:

1. Kanji
2. Katakana
3. Hiragana

Normally, when we write "respect" in Japanese, we use kanji symbols.
Here it is

In Japanese, we call it "Son kei".
However, as you might know, there are different ways to write the same word in Japanese, and it really depends on context.
So you need to be carefull when using the Japanese kanji symbols, especially for tattoo design.

Japanese kanji tattoo design with Sakura and Bonsai

2007-09-28T17:37:00.000-07:00

As always, we have been receiving new Japanese kanji symbol tattoo design from our customers. As they customise their Japanese symbols with their unique idea, the result looks really good!

Today, we would like to share with you some of the tattoo design photos we have received.

You can see more of those Japanese kanji tattoo design photo for this month.

Understand what kanji symbols are!

2007-09-23T21:15:00.000-07:00

Are you interested in Japanese symbols?

Have you ever heard about kanji?

Want to get them as tattoo design?

Then, you need to understand what kanji are first.
Here is the Video for you to understand what kanji symbols are.

In this video, you will understand how Japanese people write kanji, and why kanji symbols are known as ideograph.

Enjoy!

Also, if you are interested in Japanese symbols, please visit our website.
http://www.dsfy.com

New Japanese kanji tattoo design is added!

2007-08-11T18:19:00.000-07:00

This is Takanori from DSFY.com
Japan is really hot at the momemnt.
We are also having a holiday season called Obon.

By the way, let me show you new Japanese kanji tattoo designs.
As always, we have received some of the Japanese kanji tattoo design photo from our customers. Take a look at the sample of these photo on our website.
I also list some photo we have received in this month.

Take a look at the following website for more photos.
This month's Japanese kanji tattoo design photo!

Japanese kanji symbols of "Ktoyo"

2007-06-23T00:31:00.000-07:00

Have you ever visited Japan?
One of the most famous place to visit in Japan is Kyoto.
Kyoto is the place where you can see many old temples and tradtional things.

So, today's Japanese symbol we have written is Kyoto in Japanese kanji symbols.

Need 100% accurate Japanese symbol translation? We recommend Takanori Tomita's Japanese symbol translation. He is the best Japanese translator.

Japanese symbols of Sumo Wrestler

2007-06-08T18:33:00.000-07:00

Recenlty, a new grand champion of Sumo wrestler, which is called "Yokozuna", was born. His name is Haku hou.

Today's Japanese symbol is his name name symbols in Japanese.
Written in Kanji symbols.

Haku hou is from Mongolia, and came to Japan to become a Sumo Wrestler.
Take a look at his game.

If you are interested in Sumo, please see the following website.
Japanese Sumo

Japanese symbol learning resource

2007-05-29T22:38:00.000-07:00

At DSFY.com, a lot of people have sent us an email message asking
How we translate English name into Japanese symbols.

So, we have started to provide a number of video lessons online.
The website is called "Japanese symbol learning resource"

On this learning website, you can also understand the difference
between kanji, hiragana and katakana scripts.
The type of Japanese translation we use to translate a word.

The teacher is Takanori Tomita, a No.1 Japanese symbol translator.

Don't forget that we also issue newsletters periodically for those
who don't know anything about Japanese symbols.

Japanese symbols and kanji tattoo design

2007-05-21T04:24:00.000-07:00

We have found a great website where you watch the tradtional Japanese sports called Sumo. You might have heard about it.
Japanese Sumo TV

So, on our blog, we are adding the Japanese symbols of Sumo, today.
They are written in Japanese kanji symbols.

We are also adding Kanji tattoo design.
This is the Japanese symbols of "Seize the day", which we have tranlated for our customers, and he has sent us the photo of his kanji tattoo design.

You can also see more Japanese symbol tattoo design by click the link.

Testimonials

2007-05-06T16:50:00.000-07:00

Everyday, we receive a number of "thank-you" mail from our customers who have ordered Japanese symbols translation from DSFY.com.

Read the following testimonials we have received today.

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Thank you Takanori!!

I had my symbols tattooed yesterday. I will send a picture once they
are healed.

Needless to say, I am very pleased with your service and especially
your customer service.

I definitely will be utilizing your service again and will/do recommend
it to others.

Thank you for taking the time to answer all my questions, it has been a
very pleasant experience!

Please feel free to add this to your large list of testimonials, you have
another satisfied customer.

Dave Houghton
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Kanji Tattoo Design

2007-05-01T01:25:00.000-07:00

We have received new kanji tattoo design photo from our customers who have ordered Japanese symbols translation at DSFY.com.

Take a look at their pictures.

Dear Takanori,

I would like to express my most sincere thanks for the Kanji translation you provided.

I have already turned the sysmbols you provided into a tattoo and couldn't be happier

Thankyou again

Antony

Hi DSFY

i finally used my translation for my tattoo and it is awesome. i am glad that i researched this and found your website before i decided to go through with the tattoo, who knows what i would of ended up with. here are a few pictures of the tattoo which i got on my lower leg.

Lindsey

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Japanese symbols of "Monster debut"

2007-04-15T17:23:00.000-07:00

If you are intersted in a baseball and watching Major league in U.S, you might know that there was a game last week between redsox and seattle.
There were 2 Japanese baseball players - Matuzaka and Ichiro.

Those two Japanese baseball players have been very popular in Japan, and many Japanese people were glued to the TV last week in Japan.

Apparently, Matuzaka was on a newspaper with the Japanese title like the following Japanese symbols.

This is the Japanese symbols, wchich describe Mastuzaka as a monster.
In Japanese, those Japanese symbols mean "Monster come out" or "Monster debut", and they are called "Kai Jyu De byu"

The first 2 Japanese symbols are kanji, and the last 3 symbols are katakana.

But, Matui hideki is also described almost similar.
He was described as Gozilla.

Japanese symbol of Hawk

2007-04-03T17:19:00.000-07:00

Today, we will show you the Japanese symbol of Hawk.
In Japan, hawks are considered as the most majestic and noble birds.
There is a famous proberb - No Aru Taka Wa Tume O Kakusu, which means
"A wise hawk hides his claws".
These Japanese symbols are used to describe talented people, who have never
reveal their great skills.

This Japanese symbol is written in kanji.
The lower kanji symbol is a brid with long feathers.

King Japanese symbol in kanji

2007-03-18T01:20:00.000-07:00

We have added another sample Japanese symbol.
Today's Japanese kanji is King, and it is pronounced as Ou.
Take a look at the following to see the Japanese symbol.

Japanese king symbol

By the way, if you want to learn the difference between Japanese scripts called Kanji, hiragana, and katakana, why don't read our FREE Japanese symbol newsletter. You can learn the difference in detail.

New Japanese kanji symbols tattoo design

2007-03-14T01:40:00.000-07:00

Today, we have updated our website with New Japanese kanji symbols tattoo design and
customer's comments we have received.

Hey,

thanks for translating this for me. Just got the tattoo yesterday! There should be a photo attached to this e-mail.

-A.J.-

Good morning team,
I use the translation to design a tatoo. I have attached a photo of the piece. The words have significance for me spiritually, esp at this time in my life. I Googled Kanji symbols after searching for other alternatives (runes, etc). I wanted the tat to mean something and yes, look good too.
Thank-you,
gary

If you would like to see more photo, please go to DSFY's Kanji tattoo design picture.

Japanese phrase symbols - Fu Rin Ka Zan - Learn Samurai

2007-03-11T00:08:00.000-08:00

In Japan, there is a TV program to learn the Japanese history especially about Samurai people who have left a great name befind her.
This Japanese TV program is Tai Ga Drama, and runs for about 1 year!
Tai ga literally means Big river, by the way.

This year, we have the Tai ga drama about the Samurai whose name is Yamamoto Kansuke.
This drama is about his story and it is called "Fu Rin Ka Zan".

Here is the Japanese symbols of the phrase.
They are all written in kanji symbols.

The first kanji symbol means Wind,
the second kanji symbol means wood,
the third kanji symbol means fire,
and the kast kanji symbol means mountain in Japanese.

Take a look at the website of Fu rin Ka Zan.
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/taiga/

You can also watch the preview of today's story.

Japanese calligraphy symbols for kanji tattoo design

2007-03-06T00:49:00.000-08:00

Many people are asking us to translate a word, phrase, or even names into Japanese symbols.
When we do the Japanese symbol translation, we also apply different styles of Japanese kanji symbols to work with, each one unique and beautiful.

For example, the following is the most standard writing font.

Nowadays, many different Japanese kanji fonts are used in a printed materials. You will see them in a newspaper, magazine, book, or advertising.

For more information, please go to 100% accurate Japanese symbol translation for kanji tattoo design.

Japanese symbols of Queen and Overcome is added into Japanese dictionary

2007-03-03T17:36:00.000-08:00

Today, we have added the following Japanese symbols into our Japnaese dictionary.

The first one is added into the Q list.
The Japanese symbols of queen, which are written with 2 kanji symbols.
The first kanji symbol mean woam and the second one mean king in Japanese.
This is called "Jyou ou".

The next Japanese symbols mean overcome in Japanese, and written in kanji as above.
The meaning of each kanji symbol win and smart.
They are called Shou ri.
The Japanese symbols are going to be added into our V list.

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New Japanese kanji tattoo design and Japanese symbols

2007-02-27T16:43:00.000-08:00

Today, we have received new Japanese kanji tattoo design photo from our customers.
Please see them the following.

Hi!
I attached photos from my new tattoos. They are incredibly beautiful!
Now the most important stays with me forever.
Thank you so much for the great service!
Best regards,
Melinda, Finland

You can see more Japanese kanji tattoo design photo.

The New Japanese symbols added into our Japanese dictionary.

This is the Japanese symbols of Japan called Nippon. In Japanese, we can also say ni hon. We have also added another Japanese symbol. You can see it from the following.

Japan symbols

X-ray symbols

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Japanese symbols of overcome and objective

2007-02-27T03:58:00.000-08:00

New Japanese symbols

Japanese symbols of overcome and objective are added into our Japanese symbols dictionary.
In Japanese, uchi katu is the translation of ovecome and moku hyou is the translation of objective. We use both hiragana and kanji scripts to write overcome in Japanese, and they are four Japanese symbols. On the other hand, objective is written with only two kanji symbols. Take a look at what they look like as Japanese symbols.

Overcome - Japanese symbols

Objective - Japanese symbols

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Japanese kanji symbol tattoo design

2007-02-25T18:49:00.000-08:00

Our customers have sent us new Japanese kanji symbol tattoo design photos to us, and some of the testimonials.

Dear Takanori...
YES! I have received the Japanese Symbols for Infrared Light! Thank youso very, very much for working on this for me. I have been trying for monthsto figure this out by myself...until I discovered your wonderful web siteand the work that you do! You will be hearing from me again very soon, asI am working on an infrared light project and I will need the symbols forthat as well. I was surprised to see the word akari was not used... but that just showsyou that the world needs you! I am going to put this into my website atinfraredlight.com
THANK YOU!!!
Love & Light...
MaryEllen

Hi Takanori! How are you? Thank you so much for the symbols i am so excited about them....they will be perfect! I will send a pic as soon as i get them done. I appreciate the time and effort you have gone to for me and will be forever grateful. Take care and will send pics soon. Highest regards,Shaz

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Learn Japanese symbols in everyday of our life in Japan

2007-02-21T21:16:00.000-08:00

We have started another blog, which shows you a variety of Japanese symbols used in everyday of our life in Japan. On this blog, you will see the Japanese symbols such as non smorking sign in Japan, button used in a elavator, Japanese symbols used in a Japanese books, magazines, and newspapers.

So, you will learn real Japanese symbols, and how they are used in Japan.
As you might know, we have the Japanese learning website for those who are intereted in Japanese language, this is Learn Japanese language.

But, today's website is Japanese dictionary, which is updated almost everyday. It shows a variety of Japanese symbols used in Japan.

Japanese Haiku Translation

2007-02-14T23:46:00.000-08:00

Have you ever heard about Haiku?
Haiku are a style of poetic writing using a small number of words to convey a much deeper feeling or eomotion. Those haiku explore many themes and continue to be popular both in Japan and globally. It is a 17 syllable poem of three lines: 5-7-5, which is pronunced Go hichi Go in Japanese. What it means by this is that Haiku starts with 5 syllables, followed by 7 syllables, and followed by 5 syllables.
Take a look at the following Haiku, which is written by a famous master of Haiku, Matuo Basho.

Furuikeya is 5 syllables.

Kawazutobikomu is 7 syllbables.

Mizunooto is 5 syllables.

Yet, it does't mean the number of Japanese symbols are 5-7-5.

For more information about Japanese symbols and if you are looking for 100% Accurate Japanese symbols Translation

Japanese Yakuza

2007-02-06T21:43:00.000-08:00

From two days ago, people living in Tokyo have been seething with fear.
There have been battles of Yakuza in the middle of Tokyo.

On the 8th of Febuary, one man from Sumiyoshi gumi was killed by two guys from Yamaguchi gumi, and then this battle has been getting worse.
On the 9th of Febuary, two man from Yamaguchi gumi did the counter attack by firing guns at Yamaguchi office in Shibuya and Toshimaku.

Apparenlty, it is because of territory conflict in Ronppongi and Shibuya.

In Japanese, Yakuza stays each city and gets money from people who opens shops in their territory for no reasons, and this is called Mikajime ryou.
In the eyes of the law, you DON't need to pay for it, but the majory of people pay the money for their protection from other Yakuza.

This is one of the resrouce of Tokyo's Yakuza.

Yamakuchi gumi is the biggest Japanese yakuza group from Kobe, and Sumiyoshi gumi is the biggest yakuza group in Tokyo.

Japanese name symbols with the literal meaning

2007-01-25T04:12:00.000-08:00

It is unusual to translate a Westner's name with the literal meaning.

So, can't we write Japanese name symbols with the literal meaning?

Yes, we can write Japanese name symbols with the literal meaning,
and this is called the purely denotative translation method.

The purely denotative translation method focus solely on preserving themeaning of the original English name, but it is NOT appropriate to use this method for writing names in Japanese symbols.

The reason why we don't take its method is that we need to know the original meaning of the English name.

So, we normally use the purely phonetic translation method.

For more information about how to translate name in Japanese symbols. and Japanese name symbols translation.

Japanese kanji symbol of self

2007-01-17T16:33:00.000-08:00

Japanese symbols of kanji tattoo design picture

2007-01-14T19:51:00.000-08:00

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[New Japanese kanji symbols photo]

We have received new Japanese kanji symbols photos from our happy customers.
So, we will show you some of them and testimonials.

1. Japanese kanji name symbols

Dear Takanori
I just wanted to thank you for the translations just received. This is the second time of using your service and once again you have delivered, many thanks.
Also while I'm emailing you I'll enclose a photo of my latest tattoo which was done using the first translation I received from you. As I'm sure you'll be able to see it's Onda or On da and is the name of my fiance so it's very special to me.
Thank you for your continued first class service and I know where to come if I need any more Japanese symbols in the future.

Sincerely,
Andrew Warrington

2. Japanese kanji symbols - Passion, Loyalty and respect

Takanori,

Thank you so much for you correct Japanese Kanji translations. I have been interested in Japanese culture for some time now, but, was scared of getting the wrong translation. After I found your website via Google I was very confident that you would be able to provide me with the correct translation I was looking for. I will happily recommend your service to anyone interested in getting correct translations. I have attached a picture of the tattoo I got using the Knaji translation I received from your service. Again thank you for your excellent service.

Regards,
Rick Vermette
Sacramento, California

If you are interested in Japanese kanji symbols as a tattoo design, you can see many of our customer's Kanji tattoo design photo.

Japanese martial arts - K1

2006-12-31T05:46:00.000-08:00

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[Japanese martial arts - K1]

Today is the last day of 2006.
In Japan, there are many TV programs specially for today.
There are music program, comedy, but the one I am watchig
is Japanese martial arts called K1 program.

The special for this is Dynamite!
It is really interesting.

There are many good Japanese fighters, and one of the good fighter
I like is, Sudou genki, and Yamamoto Kid.

Sudou genki is very unique Japanese figher, and he dances before fighting,
and guess what!
Today, he has retired.
Sudou Genki's website is as follows:
http://www.genkisudo.com/en/index.html

Yamoto kid is, on the other hand, called A child of God.
In Japanese, kami no ko.

"Japanese kanji symbols for a Child of god"

Yamoto kid's website is as follows:
http://killerbee.jp/index.html

Both of them are very strong Japanese fighers, but both of them have retired from K1 - Japanese martial arts today.
It is bid sad.

New Japanese Kanji Symbols' Tattoo Design

2006-12-19T16:36:00.000-08:00

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2006-12-08T23:12:00.000-08:00

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2006-11-27T00:10:00.000-08:00

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2006-11-18T04:10:00.000-08:00

COOL Photo of Japanese Kanji Symbols Tattoo Design

2006-11-10T21:57:00.000-08:00

Japanese symbols of a huge statue of buddha called "Daibutu"

2006-10-24T17:13:00.000-07:00

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[Japanese symbols of a huge statue of buddha called "Daibutu"]

Have you ever been to Japan?
If you are thinking about traveling to Japan, you should go to the place called
"KAMAKURA", and visit a famous Japanese temple and see "Daibu".

Daibutu is a huge statue of buddha, and there are many different types of Daibutu
in Japan. The one above shown is from Kamakura, which only takes about 1 hour from
the main city of Tokyo.

I have just been there, and saw many tourist from overseas.
I suppose that it is very famous or is on the guide book.

Anyway, check out the place called KAMAKURA.
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Kamakura was the capital of Japan's first military government; the Kamakura shogun ate (1185-1333).The period was dominated by strong-willed, single-minded warriors " Samurai" and priests, and it is their influence, often stern and ascetic, but also inspired, that colors the wealth of historical relics in this former capital.
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Today's Japanese kanji symbols
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Daibutu - a huge statue of Buddha

For more information about the kanji symbols, please check out the Kanji Dictionary
You will find a variety of Japanese Kanji Symbols

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Also, listen to our customer's testimonials we have received today!

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Ahhhh, my good friend Takanori san!

What a beautiful site to behold. Your work was excellent.

I did many variations with the kanji for my grandson. I thought I would send you one that was kind of radical.

I do much "outline work" for business friends and this work is rather simple not to mention I've done it for about 30 years, maybe forty.

I get a news letter from The Buddhist Temple of Chicago so I am very use to the many styles of Japanese.

But I must say I was very surprised and impressed by your work!

Thank you Very much,

Fred

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Hi there Takanori.

I would just like to let you know that i have successfully downloaded and printed the attachments that you have sent in quick response and i`m absolutely delighted.
It`s my best friends birthday on Thursday and and i`m hoping to take her in for the tattoo to be done in the next couple of weeks.

She will also be delighted as for months and months now she has been searching for someone to translate this and i`m happy that you have provided this excellent service to me to pass on to my friend.

Thanks again, you have made two people very happy today.
Take care.
Dawn x

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Free "Honor" Japanese Kanji Symbols

2006-10-12T01:08:00.000-07:00

a Sumo Wrestler - Japanese symbol

2006-10-05T05:16:00.000-07:00

Type of Japanese Translatin for names

2006-09-28T05:44:00.000-07:00

Japanese New Prime Minister - Japan's New Symbol

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Japanese Highschool Baseball is very popular in Japan.

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Meiji Jingu Shrine - Visit a secret place of Tokyo, Japan!

2006-08-13T17:48:00.000-07:00

The Japanese symbol of Tokyo - Tokyo Tower

2006-07-30T16:57:00.000-07:00

Traditional Japanese Food called "Oyako don"

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2006-07-04T16:52:00.000-07:00

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2006-06-22T01:06:00.000-07:00

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Have you ever been Narita Airport?

Recently, I have been to Australia for my work and went to the Narita Airport.
Narita is the biggest airport in Japan, and situate in the Chiba-state.
Just right side of Tokyo, and takes about 1 hour by train from the main city.

Now, in the airport, I have noticed many gift shops are selling T-shirt, hats, boxes,
and toys with a variety of Japanese kanji symbols.
(If you don't know what kanji is, please see our 100% Accurate Kanji Translation)

Now, as you can see, these Japanese Kanji symbols are very popular for Westerners, and a lot of visitors buy them for their souvenir or for their own use.

Pretty cool, year?

By the way, if you would like to get such gifts, you can visit the following site:

Japanese Kanji Symbol Shop

Sayonara

Takanori Tomita

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Otherwise, you may end up using WRONG Japanese symbols for your tattoo design like other people.
You know, a lot of Western people don't know the difference.
To avoid using WRONG Japanese symbols for your tattoo design, you should also understand the basic of Japanese symbols at least, and know exactly which Japanese script you want to get.
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Japanese Symbols and Japanese Culture Blog

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Many people may be wondering the difference between Chinese and Japanese.
You know, the Japanese writing system was historically introduced into Japan
by Chinese around the middle of the 6th century, and its writing system
has become our original writing.

However, unlike Chinese, we have 3 scripts called:

KANJI
HIRAGANA
KATAKANA

What is Kanji?
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Kanji are the most popular Japanese script out of 3 writing.
These characters are called "Ideographs", "Ideograms" or "Pictograms" in the world, because a Kanji character express an idea, and represents meaning in a visual way.

This is also very popular for logo, jewerly, furniture, or tattoo design.
Thus, our Japanese kanji translation is the most popular translation service.
However, the Japanese kanji translation for a phrase require the next script
called Hiragana as a conjunction.

For more information about the kanji script:
http://www.learn-japanese-kanji-hiragana-katakana.com/Kanji.htm

What is Hiragana?
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Hiragana is more rounded script and used to write the grammatical parts of words
and sentence espeically when Kanji is not appropriate for writing.
As I said before, writing a phrase in Japaense, we need to use this script for
the conjunction words.
Of course, we can write words or sentence with only hiragana and we acutally have
the Japanese hiragana translation as well.

What is Katakana?
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Lastly, let me explain about the katakana script.
Katakana symbols are more sharp and angular than Hiragana symbols.
Katakana symbols are also said 'partial character' which means the character
is a part of Kanji character.
This is also quite popular as well, as we normally use this script to write
foreigner's name in Japanese.
Of course, we can also use both kanji and hiragana to write names like ours.
katakana translation

http://www.learn-japanese-kanji-hiragana-katakana.com/Katakana.htm

Today's Photo in Japan!!
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The following picture is taken by Takanori in Japan.

The first is the menu from the Sushi shop.
If you have a chance to visit Tokyo in Japan, and if you would like to
have good sushi, you should go to the place called "Tukiji".
This is a fish market in Tokyo. So, you can have a fresh sashimi and sushi.
And, it is better to go there on Moday to Wednesday, as the fish market close
on the weekend.

This is one of the place in Tokyo called, Mitukoshi.
Mitukoshi is where a lot of old people go for shopping.
So there are many old shops around with long history.
Unlike recent shops, some shops like below still use Samurai era's sign.

Sayonara

Takanori Tomita

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You know, a lot of Western people don't know the difference.
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Japanese Green Tea - Ocha - Japanese Vending Machine

2006-03-20T04:52:00.000-08:00

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In Japan, everwhere you go, you see a vending machine like the following.

These vending machine is called "Ji Dou Han Bai Ki".

(Need more information about the Japanese kanji tranlsation?)

You know, some of them are very advanced, in which you can even use
your mobile phone to pay for a drink.
This new technology was originally brought by the Japanese mobile company
called NTT Docomo, but now another mobile companies called KDDI Au is also
utilizing its technology.
Take a look at the following site.
This video shows how this technology can be used in Japanese shops,
vending machine and even in a rail way.
http://www.au.kddi.com/ezweb/service/ez_felica/bb_contents/index.html

Unlike a Westen's vending machine, there are many different types of drinks
you can buy from a sinlge vending machine.
The most popular one is probably Japanese Green Tea called "Ocha".

(See more information about how this Japanese symbols are written)

Ocha is traditional drink for all of us, and we think that decrease the possiblity
of having a cancer by drinking green tea everyday.

That's right.
Drinking green tea is very healthy for you, and you can even drink it everyday!
By the way, if you would like to buy green tea, I would recommend the following site
which was interviewed by the Discovery channel.
They deliver to you a fresh Japanese green tea from JAPNA!!

Japanese Green Tea - Ocha

Sayonara

Takanori Tomita

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You know, a lot of Western people don't know the difference.
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Then, you can ask a real Japanese translator to translate and design your words/phrase to Japanese symbols accurately.

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Japanese Phrase & Japanese Food

2006-02-20T22:24:00.000-08:00

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Hello Evryone.
This is Takanori Tomita from DSFY.com
In Japan, I pray to God for help every monrning, as I believe in Buddhism and
Shinto concept.
We have a household Shinto Altar in our house,
and it is called "Kamidana" in Japanese.

The first symbol that represent God in Japanese, and it is "Kami" part, and
the second symbol represent shelf and called "Dana".
These are written in Japanese kanji script.
For more information about the kanji symbols.

Now, there is a calendar I was given from one of the Shinto shrine I alwasy go to,
and this calendar tells you the phrase everyday which convey you the meaning of life.
Today's phrase was:

The first 2 symbols are: "Anshin" which means "relief, Ease, and rest"
The phrase says "There is no fear, if you are living fully at all the time.
For more information about the Japanese phrase.

The last thing I would like to mention today is one of the Japanese food I eat.
It is Rice cracker called "Kakino Tane"
You can buy this one in an Asian grocery shop, even if you are not in Japan.
When I was in Australia, I used to buy it.
So, if you would like to try it, then go to the nearest Japanese grocery shop and
ask them:

"Kakino Tane Arimasuka?" - Do you have a Kakino Tane?

Sayonara

Takanori Tomita

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Otherwise, you may end up using WRONG Japanese symbols for your tattoo design like other people.
You know, a lot of Western people don't know the difference.
To avoid using WRONG Japanese symbols for your tattoo design, you should also understand the basic of Japanese symbols at least, and know exactly which Japanese script you want to get.
Then, you can ask a real Japanese translator to translate and design your words/phrase to Japanese symbols accurately.

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The way of writing Japanese Symbols - vertically, how do Japanese people write?

2006-02-16T02:30:00.000-08:00

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Many times, I received a question about the way of writing Japanese Symbols.
Although we write Japanese symbols horizontally, the traditional way of writing Japanese symbols are in vertical, and it is read from right to left.

Take a look at the following picture:

This is a letter I have sent couple of days ago to the tax office in Japan.
As you can see, the formal way of Japanese sentences are written vertically,
and from right to left.

Also, take a look at the photo of one of the famous Japanese beer.
This name of this beer is even written vertically.

Oh, by the way, this is a Japanese Beer.
You might know it. It is Japanese No.1 Kirin Beer.
The taste is not too bad.
If you come to Japan, you should try it!!

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Otherwise, you may end up using WRONG Japanese symbols for your tattoo design like other people.
You know, a lot of Western people don't know the difference.
To avoid using WRONG Japanese symbols for your tattoo design, you should also understand the basic of Japanese symbols at least, and know exactly which Japanese script you want to get.
Then, you can ask a real Japanese translator to translate and design your words/phrase to Japanese symbols accurately.

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Japanese Symbols and History - Oda Nobunaga

2006-02-08T04:44:00.000-08:00

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Recently, I have bought the book about the Japanese history which talks about
the 100 most famous Japanese historical person each time.
The cost is Only 190 yen which is about US$1.00.
It is pretty good, isn't it?

On this first issue, the book talks about one of the most famous Samurai,
and his name is Oda Nobunaga.

In Japan, we have the TV program called Taiga Drama which is about the
Japanese histoy and usually run for 1 year.
At the moment, the drama talks about Oda's era.
Take a look at the following site, and you will see it.
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/taiga/

Sayonara

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Yokoso JAPAN! - Welcome to Japan - Also What is hot news in Japan? - Who is Horiemon?

2006-01-23T22:38:00.000-08:00

New Japanese Kanji Tattoo Design received from our customers

2006-01-11T21:09:00.000-08:00

Japanese New Year Food - Japanese Symbols of "Happy New Year"

2006-01-01T00:31:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!!

This is Takanori Tomita from Japan, and having a great time in Japan.
By the way, did you know that we have a special food for the New Year in Japan?
Unlike the Western culture, all Japanese people eat almost the same thing
that is the traditional Japanese New Year Food for the 1st of January.

Let me explain this....

The traditional Japanese New Year Food is called Osechi Ryouri.

Osechi Ryouri is the collection of traditional Japanese foods such as
herring roe, boiling prawns, black soybean, and so on.
The reason why we eat this special food is get the power from the food,
which is a traditonal way of Japanese thinking - Japanese cultural thinking.

We also have Rice cakes in a soup.
This is called Ozouni.
In Tokyo, the soup is based on the soy sauce, but some other areas use Miso for
this soup as well. So, each state has got the different taste, although we eat
the same style of the Ozouni.

Well, I hope that you will have a great time for the New Year.
Kinga Shin Nen - Happy New Year!!!

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Japanese History of Haiku - Japanese symbols of Zen Tenryuji and Masuo Basho

2005-11-28T15:30:00.000-08:00

TenRyuji - Japanese Zen Temple
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Today, I have visted one of the Zen temple in the area of Fukuiken.
The name of the temple is called "Tenryuji".
There is another Tenryuji temple in Kyoto, which has been ranked first among the city's "Five Great Zen Temples", but the temple I have visted is different.

Not many people visit this place, but a few historical famous people visted this Tenryuji temple.

History of Haiku - Basho Matsuo
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Do you know the Basho Matsuo?
He is known as the first great poet in the history of haikai (and haiku).

He wrote poems using jokes and plays upon words in his early stages, as they were in fashion, but began to attach importance to the role of thought in haikai (especially in hokku) from around 1680.

So, that is why he is quite famous in Japan.
The Tenryuji is the place where he visited.

[Today' Japanese Symbols]

1. Tenryuji (The first symbol mean Heaven, and the second one is Dragon and the third one is Temple. So, it is the Zen temple which Dragon take you to heaven)

2. Basho Matsuo
(By the way, we write last name first and then first name in Japanese)

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Types of Japanese kanji symbols - Simple Abstract Kanji

2005-11-25T20:19:00.000-08:00

Simple Abstract Kanji
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These kanji symbols convey abstract ideas through symbols.
For instance, the way of writing the numbers in Japanese.

These Japanese kanji symbols represent abstract concepts and so instead of developing from pictures, they are made of a series of points and lines.

Types of Kanji

2005-11-15T19:22:00.000-08:00

Hello, everyone!
This is Takanori Tomita from DSFY.com
Today, I would like to talk about the type of kanji we have in Japanese.
But, before that, I also need to announce something.

My New Japanese book is finally published in Japan.
The book is about the Internet Business, and talk about how I help people who wants Japanese symbols on the Internet.
But, unfortunately, this is all in Japanese and can be bought in Japan.

In this book, I have used 4 different types of kanji.

1. Pictorial Kanji
2. Complex Kanji
3. Simple Abstract Kanji
4. Sound and Meaning Kanji

1. Pictorial Kanji
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2~3% of all kanji are Pictorial kanji.
As you might understand, the pictorial kanji derive
from picture of nature.

Today, let me talk about the types of kanji we have in Japanese.
But, before that, I have recently published a new book in Japan.

For example, the human kanji can be written like this:

So, that is why we have the Japanese phrase called

Yon De Ji No Go To Shi

which means if you read it carefully, you can understand it.

Next week, I am going to talk about other 3 types of kanji.
Sayonara

Takanori Tomita

P.S: We have started a new Kanji Color Design Service, and the new ebook called Aikido which is one of the Japanese martial art.

http://www.dsfy.com/kanji_design.htm

http://www.dsfy.com/aikido_kanji_book.htm

Have you had Japanese noodle called "Ramen"?

2005-10-15T01:11:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of Japanese "Tonkotsu Ramen"
Ramen was originaly from China, and it's noodle is made of flour.

Ramen restaurant is really popular in Japan these days, and it's like a fast food type restaurant.

The word "Tonkotsu" means Pig's bone, so one of the ingredients of this ramen soup is pig's bone!!

Have you ever seen Japanese Yellow Page?

2005-10-08T00:29:00.000-07:00

Have you seen Japanese Yellow book before??

Japanese Yellow book is called "Town Page" which has a face (dots reprents the eye balls and the lines for nose and mouth) on the front cover and colored in yellow!!

"Town Page" is written in Katakana format in Japanese on the cover.
Katakana format is used to represent foreign words which have been adopted into
the Japanese language and foreign names. so, if you want to have your name written in Japanese, Katakana format is the one that represnts your name in Japanese!

When you make a phone call in Japanese, you want to say "Moshi-Moshi" first
measing "Hello, are you there?"

"Moshi Moshi" is pronounced as moh-shee-moh-shee.

If you would like to know more about the katakana script, please go to the following site:
http://www.dsfy.com/tattoo_design/katakana/index.htm

I went to pay homage at a shrine. Also, let me show you NEW Japanese Kanji Tattoo Design we have received from our customers at www.DSFY.com

2005-09-19T23:14:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, I went to pay homage at one of the Japanese Inari shrine called "Takuzouji Inari".
Inari Shrine is little bit different to normal shrine. In the Inari shrine, there are fox whose master is Inari God. So, it is the worship of God and Fox and it is called Inari Jinja.

This is the Inari Shrine we always go to, and have been attening worship almost every month for nearly 10 years. You know, a lot of people think that if they go to a shrine, they can go to whichever. That is NOT true. You need to manifest the truth of your loyalty to the shrine god that you always go to. Otherwise, they won't lisen to you.

So, be very carefull!!

Today, let us show your 3 new Japanese Kanji Symbol Tattoo design photo we have received from our wonderful customers. These are the picture of Japanese Symbols (Kanji) Tattoo that our customer have used.

Japanese Symbol Kanji TattooDesign: Family

Hi there. Yes I did get them. Thank you very much again for such quick service. I've enclosed a couple of pictures of two of my tattoos that you helped translate. I hope they come out ok.

Thanks again

Thomas

Japanese Symbol Kanji TattooDesign: Integrity

Takanori,

Finally getting around to sending you the end results of your work. I got 2 tattoos at the same time. My first and second!!!.
One my Left shoulder blade is "Integrity" which you translated for me.

Your service was awesome and totally professional.

A very happy customer,

Jeff Kohlman

Japanese Symbol Kanji TattooDesign: Strength

Yes, I received the Kanji dictionary. Attached is also a picture of my tattoo.

Kristiin Wampler

By the way, if you would like to see more photos, you can visit our official site at: http://www.dsfy.com/tattoo_design/Kanji_Tattoo_Design.htm

Sayonara

[Today`S NEW Japanese Word that you can use for a conversation]
This is a new project we have started.
Everytime we update our blog, we are going to teach you new Japanese word that you can use in a conversation. Today, let me teach you this Japanese word:

Ganbate! - Hang in there!

Writing your Japanese Surname

2005-09-08T00:33:00.000-07:00

Writing your Japanese Surname
Q: My surname is Japanese.
Can you translate it and create Japanese symbols?
James Suzuki

+++ Takanori Tomita's Response +++

Writing a person's name with *Katakana and *Hiragana scripts should all be the same.
It doesn't matter whether you are Westen, Japanese or European.
However, there are many ways to write names with [*KANJI] scripts.
Like my name, there are so many people who have got different kanji scripts even though the name, takanori, is the same as others.

It really depends on who decide your name in Japanese.
Japanese people's surname is usually derived from ancestor,
and already decided when we are born.
On the ohter hand, first name are usually given by their parents, grandparents or sometimes their parents ask fortunetellers.

For western people, it depends on who you ask to design your name.
Of course, there are different ways to translate your name.

1. Phonetic translation, and
2. literal translation.

In our age, it is common to translate western people's name by using phonetic translation.
That's what the majority of western people have thier name in Japan.

So, if your surname is Japanese, I suggest you to askyour Japanese side of parents first, and come back to my service. If you would like to see the example of western person's Japanese name, check this site: [ http://www.dsfy.com/JapaneseNameTranslation.htm]

With the next article, I will talk about how we tranlate Westerner's name into Japanese Symbols.

+++ Terminologies are explained here +++
*Katakana: Katakana symbols are angular in shape.
*Hiragana: Hiragana symbols are more rounded scrips.
You can see these symbols online at:http://www.dsfy.com/katakana.htm
*KANJI: Kanji scrips are the one similar to Chinese scrips, and if you have wathed the LAST SAMURAI movie, you know that.

Today's Japanese food
The Japanese food I am going to tell you today is Unajyu.

Unajyu is a bowl of rice and broiled eel.
Normally, we east this in a lunch time, and you will also have some side dish such as Toufu (Bean curd), seafood soup, and Japanese pickle, as you can see.

How Shall We Live? - By Dou gen Zen Ji

2005-08-25T17:21:00.000-07:00

Hi, everyone.
This is Takanori Tomita from DSFY.com - http://www.dsfy.com
Recently, I have been to one of the venerable Zen temple in Japan, called Eiheiji.
About 3 months ago, I have written about this temple, and showed you a number of photos I have taken.

This time, I went there to hold a memorial service for my dearest sister who have died when she was 1 year old. In Japan, this is called "Kuyou".

Anyway, I would like talk about one of the famous Zen master who have found the "Eihei Ji", and whose message talks about the impermanence of life.

Here it is,

How Shall We Live?
We are born and die one time in this human life-
How shall we live it?
That is the fundamental question of the Buddha Dhaema.
Is it a joyous thing to live long?
Life is not that way.
It is sorrowful to die after a shor life?
Life is not that way.
The question is how we shall live.

Well, if you have a chance to visit Japan, you shuld go to the "EiheiJi".

See ya

NEW Japanese Kanji Symbol Tattoo Design of our customers

2005-08-07T20:29:00.000-07:00

Hello, this is Takanori Tomita from DSFY.com.
Today, I would like to show everyone a number of pictures of the Japanese Kanji Symbol Tattoo Design that our wonderful customers have sent to us.
Here are the recent pictures of Japanese kanji symbol tattto design.
I will include the pictures and comments.as well.

Thank you for my Kanji symbols I used them for a tattoo design, you guys were very very helpful and I would definetly recommend this site to anyone!
Thank you so much, Matt.

Dear Takanori,

I thank you, so much, for the translations you sent me. All of the styles were beautiful. In the end, I picked one and my tattooist shaded it in a 3-D fashion. I couldn't be more pleased with the result!

In answer to your survey, I found you through a google search. I found it very easy to order my translation on your website and found all the information really useful. I read your report before ordering and I trusted that you would give accurate Kanji translations. I chose Japanese symbols because I have been interested in the culture for some time, since studying the Samurai at university and the kanji symbols are very pleasing to the eye. I have attached a photo of the fiinished tattoo.

many thanks,
Delane Morrisonxxx

Hey Takanori ,

Here is My Tatoo that I did and I have told several people at the parlor about your service. Essentialy to put something on your body for the rest of your life without knowing if it means “ Trash Can Lid” or “Dog Taco Pants” is stupid why not pay an ARTIST a few bucks for Beautiful Calligraphy and TOTAL Accuracy.

Thanks again.

John Boyle

Anyway, if you are interested in seeing more picture of my customer's Japanese Kanji Symbol Tattoo design, please go to:

http://www.dsfy.com/tattoo_design/Japanese_Tattoo_Design.htm

Japanese Food - Tamagoyaki. Takanori was interviewd by Yahoo Interternet Guide in Japan.

2005-08-03T23:17:00.000-07:00

Takanori Tomita (Owner of DSFY.com) visit a place in Japan, and talk about the Japanese Culture

Yesterday, I went to Shinjyuku in Tokyo to have a dinner with my friends. Shinjyuku is the centre of Tokyo, where so many people work, play, and visit.
Here is the picture of the Shinjyuku.

Now, the place where I had my dinner with my friends is the famous Yakitori Place. Yakitori is grilled chiken on a skewer, and they are very popular for Japanese and even Westerners.
Unfortunaly, I forget to take the picture of the Yakitori I had, as I was bend myself to eating.

You know, they are so delicious!
You should try them if you have a chance to visit JAPAN.

So, instead I will show you the picture of Tamagoyaki which is one of my favourite food too.
Tamagoyaki is like an egg omelet.

By the way, I was interviewd by Yahoo! Japan magazine in Japan recently and talked about my business. Here is the picture of article where I am on the magazine.

One more thing I would like to mention about DSFY.com is the NEW book called:
[Kanji Dictionary - Volume 2: 100 Japanese symbols]

If you are interested in this book, check the following site:
100 different kanji characters

How to write your name in Japanese: "Kana transcrition"

2005-07-13T17:34:00.000-07:00

There are different ways to write names in Japanese, as we have 3 different Japanese scripts called:

Kanji
Hiragana
Katakana

So, how do we decide which script to use for writing names?
Well, although we usually use Kanji script to write names, some Japanese people have thier names written in Hiragana and Katakana.

Now, I am sure that those people who are reading my blog want to know how to write English names in Japanese. Ok, then, let me tell one of the way to write names in Japanese, called:

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Kana transcrition
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Kana transcrition is the most standard way of writing English names in Japanese.
With this method, we normally use the Katakana script to write English names in Japanese. Like Hiragana scripts, Katakana scripts are the set of sounds and called "Phonetic Alphabetic" which has got 46 basic Katakana symbols.

For example, the left hand side of the picture is one of our customer`s Japanese Katakana name symbols tattooed on his arm. To write his name, we have picked 3 Katakana symbols, and each of them have got its own sound.
Because his name is Mick, we had to use the Katakana symbol which sounds Mi Tsu Ku in Japanese.
So, when translating names into Japanese, we just pick the sound of the character which can be rendered into English names.

Now, for those of you who are interested in getting your English names in Japanese Katakana script, check out the following translation site which will help you understand which Katakana chracter goes into selecting a name, and our translator will pick the most appropriate characters for you.

100% Accurate Japanese Katakana Translation

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NEW! Photos of our customers
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Here are some of the photo taken by our customers, showing how they have used their Japanese symbols. Well, the most of them use for their tattoo design.
NEW KANJI TATTOO DESIGN PHOTOS

Have you ever seen "Butsu Dan" - Japanese Buddhist Altar?

2005-06-01T17:55:00.000-07:00

Topic:

1. English words used in Japanese
2. Today's Japanese Phrase
3. The photo taken by Takanori Tomita in Japan

1. English words used in Japanese
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Not many people know that many English words have been used in Japanese
for a long time, and more and more new English words are incorporated
into the Japanese Writing System, as the time goes by.
Only the difference is how we pronounce in Japanese.

For example,

Coffee -

We also use the word, Coffee, in Japanese, but pronounce it
" Kohh-heee" instead of "Coffee".
To write, we usually use the Katakana script, which is used
to represent foreign words that have been adopted into the
Japanese Language.

But, we sometimes use the Kanji Script to write Coffee, as well.
In this case, the way of writting in kanji is Phonetic Translation
which is called "Ate Ji" in Japanese.
Because it is not original Japanese word, we place a kanji word
that sounds similar to "Kohh" and "Heee".
It is like writting your name in Japanese Kanji.
For more information about the Japanese Name, you can take a look at:
http://www.dsfy.com/JapaneseNameTranslation.htm

2. Today's Japanese Phrase
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Have you ever heard of "YoJi JyuKuGo"?
It is the modern Japanese Four-character Idioms.

YoJi means "Four-Character"
Jyukugo means "Idioms"

And, today's Japanese Phrase I have thought of is "Artificial Intelligence".

It is called "Jin Kou Chi Nou" in Japanese.

Now, for those who are interested in Japanese Yoji Jyukugo or want to know more,
you can take a look at this site: http://www.dsfy.com/Japanese_symbol.htm

3. The photo taken by Takanori Tomita in Japan
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In Japan, the majory of Japanese family have a Buddhist altar called "Butsu Dan"
for praying their ancestor.
Today's photo is "Butsu Dan" -

Oh, well.
That't it for today.
Sayonara

Takanori Tomita
DSFY.com
"DeSign For You - Japanese Symbols"
http://www.dsfy.com

How To Read Kanji Symbols in Japanese?

2005-05-15T16:52:00.000-07:00

Did you know that there are 2 ways of reading Kanji symbols in Japanese?
One is called: Kunyomi, and another one is called: Onyomi.

Kunyomi
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Kunyomi is the way native Japanese people normally read.
So, it is also called "Japanese reading".
For example, let me just think about the famous Japanese Kanji charater . . . .

Japanse Kanji character: LOVE [愛]
can be pronounced: Itooshimu, Oshimu or Mederu

Onyomi
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Onyomi is, on the other hand, the original Chinese reading.
As Japan has historically imported the Chinese Kanji language and gradually changed its original writting to Japanese Kanji writting system, we still apply some of rules from its origin of Chinese Kanji system.

Now, let me tell you how we pronounce LOVE symbols in Onyomi.
It can be read: Ai

So, the question you might want to ask is that do many Japanese people read the LOVE symbol with Kunyomi, because that's the Japanese reading?
The answer is: it depends on a chanracter.
Although I have told you that Kunyomi is the Japanese reading, Japanese people are carefull in our choice of words according to circumstances.

So, in fact, we prounce LOVE symool as AI.

Posted By: Takanori Tomita
DSFY.com
"DeSign For You - Japanese Symbols"
100% Accurate Japanese Symbol Translation
visit: http://www.dsfy.com

My customer's New Japanese Symbol Tattoo Design

2005-04-23T23:14:00.000-07:00

Since I have been helping many of my customers for translating their words to Japanese Symbols, I have received their photos, showing how they have used their Japanese Symbols.
Although the majority of people use Japanese Symbols as a unique tattoo design, some people use them for their company logo, seal for a car, or jewerly design.

So, take a look at some of the photos I have uploaded on my website at:
http://www.dsfy.com/tattoo_design/Japanese_Tattoo_Design.htm

Have you seen this new site I have created?

2005-04-14T06:21:00.000-07:00

I haven't able to update my BLOG for a while.
But, today, I have created new websites for those
who have no idea about Japanese Language.
This site was created, in order to teach people
the basic of 3 Japanese Scripts called:

1. Kanji
2. Hiragana
3. Katakana

Some people order the Japanese symbol translation
before understanding the difference between those
Japanese Scripts.

Anyway, the webiste is below, and you can take a
look at it: It is called
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"Learn Japanese: Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana" Project
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http://www.learn-japanese-kanji-hiragana-katakana.com

Have you been to Kyoto in Japan?

2005-03-15T23:53:00.000-08:00

I have been to Kyoto while I was in Japan.
Kyoto is the one of the best place to go for seeing the Japanese culture such as Japanese Zen temples, Budda, and Japanese traditional foods.

Kyoto is situated in the middle of Japan.
It used to be capital of Japan, and a lot of court noble, and emperor lived there.

These are the places that are famous in Kyoto.

1. Ginkakuji - Genkaku Zen Temple

2. Kiyomizudera

3. HeianJingu

You know, I love this place.
Because I can study a lot about the Japanese history and culture.
Although I am Japanese, there are many thigns that I don't even know.
Foods are sooooo goooood!!
All the foods I have tried in Kyoto were very delicious!
There were things that are not avaible anywhere else except in Kyoto.

Well, I recommed this place a lot.

EIHEIJI - "temple of eternal peace" - one of Soto Zen's Two head temple in Japan.

2005-02-25T20:46:00.000-08:00

ZEN

If you like the ZEN, you should go to the temple called
"EIHEIJI" which is called "Temple of eternal peace",
Soto Zen's Two head temple.

The founder of EIHEIJI is Dogen Zenji.
He went to China when he was 24 years old, and
devoted himself to true Zen practice under the strict
guidance of Nyojo zenji at Mt. Tendo.

In 1244 Dogen Zenji and his followers visited Shii-no-Sho
in Echizen to build a mountain temple.
Dogen thus founded EIHEIJI, where he devoted himself to
training his followers in the perfection of ZEN practice in
every action of daily life.

(FROM: Daihozan Eiheiji, Yoshida-gun, Fukui-ken, Japan 910-1294)

Where is EIHEIJI?
EIHEIJI is situated in Fukui-Ken where it used to be called
"Echizen".
(Take a look at the last blog for more information about Fukui-Ken)

When I visited EIHEIJI, it was snowing and very cold.
But, all the monks are walking barefoot and wearing only 1 long
black shirt. Because this is also their training Zen.

Have you ever heard about Zazen?
Zazen is the way of sitting on Tatatami Mat.
You cannot move at all while doing Zazen, thus
talking or reading is never allowed.

Fukui-Ken - This is where I was born in 1979.

2005-02-25T19:29:00.000-08:00

KonNichiwa,
This is Takanori Tomita from DSFY.com
Today, I will talk about the place where I was born.
Fukui-Ken.

Where is Fukui-Ken?
Fukui-ken is situated in near the Japanese Sea, and
it takes about 1 hour by Airplane, 2 hours by Train from
the main city, Tokyo.

What's the place like?
In Winter, Fukui-Ken is very cold, and often snowing.
But, the food is very very nice.
One of my recommendation is Japanese thin noodle
called "Soba". At Fukui-Ken, they have what they call
"Oroshi Soba" which is different to normal Soba.
Because they put grated radish on top of the Soba and
makes exquisite taste!!

If you have a chance to visit Japan, make sure you also
visit Fukui-Ken as well!

I am in Japan! Take a look at the Narita Airport, and some of the Japanese foods.

2005-02-18T01:34:00.000-08:00

Fu.... it's very very COLD in Japan at the moment.
The day when I arrived in Tokyo was fine day, but the temperature was
only 2 degree. Compare to Australia, there is about 30 degreee different. WOW!
Now, take a look at some of the photo I have taken at the Narita Airpot.

Narita Airport is the biggest aiport, and the main entrance in Japan.
It takes about 1 honur to the main place in Tokyo.

Here is also the photo of the Japanese food display I have taken.
If you come to Japan, you will see a lot of display of the Japanese foods something like this:

The one I had for my lunch was the following "Udon TeiShoku".

It's got a variety of Japanese foods such as tempura, Japanese think nooldes and Tofu. It looks nice, isn't it?
Anyway, I am going to Fukui-State tomorrow. The place where I was born.
I will explain about the Fukui-State more on the next BLOG.

DSFY.com website is updated. Takanori Tomita is going to be in Japan from the 14th of Feb to 14th of March 2005.

2005-02-12T18:32:00.000-08:00

Today, I have just updated my DSFY.com website.
Please take a look at my NEW Site at: http://www.dsfy.com
You will find a variety of our Japanese Symbol Translation Service.

From tomorrow, I will be working in Japan to look for some traditional Japanese things, and also get the information about the Japanese culture.
These are the information I am going to use for my blog.
You will see some of the pictures I will take in Japan, and also my Japan's office at Fukui-Ken.
So, if you would like to contact me during the 14th of Feb to 14th of March 2005,
please email me instead.

Takanori Tomita

The blog directories, and a probelm I find about the majority of Japanese websites.

2005-02-07T22:40:00.000-08:00

BLOG DIRECTORIES:
=================
Today, I am trying to post my blog to the following blog directory:

1. Blog Search Engine -Search Engine and Directory of blogs.
Looking for blogs? Find them on BlogSearchEngine.com

2. http://www.blogwise.com/

I have also changed my blog title to:
"Takanori Tomita's BLOG about Japan, Japanese Symbols(Kanji), and Japanese Culture".
I hope my website will be added on these directories:

A probelm I have found about the majority of Japanese websites:
===============================================
When I check my work email, I often receive some email asking me if I know a particular Japanese product that the sender is looking for.
You know, one of the probelm about the majority of Japanese website is that they only have Japanese website. So, for those who cannot read Japanese, they cannot buy a product even if they really want it. That's why I receive that kind of email very often.
Thus, I am thinking about creating a website where it links to the Japanese websites but with English writing, so that people who are searching something can find a product or service more eaisily.

Takanori Tomita's Japanese Language Tips - "How To Write Numbers" with Japanese Symbols.

2005-02-06T22:11:00.000-08:00

Today, I have sent my newsletter called "Takanori Tomita's Japanese Langauge Tips" of Feb.2005.
The newsletter is about "How To Write Numbers with Japanese Symbols", and shows readers some of the Japanese Number Symbols to extend their knowledge.
For example, you will learn how to write One(1) in Japanese. Here it is.

Now, you can see this article from here: http://www.dsfy.com/JapaneseLanguageNewsletter11.htm

By the way, I am going back to Japan in 1 week time. I am so excited.
You know, I live in Australia at the moment to complete my doctorate degree, but everyday when I go out to have a lunch, I always start to miss Japanese foods such as Sushi, Japanese noodles - Soba and Udon.
Although I grew up in Tokyo, I was born in Fukui-Ken.
This place is very COLD at the moment. It's SNOWING, that's why.
However, you can try really really good Japanese foods that are not even available in Tokyo.
I love the Japanese crab which can be caught in only Fukui-ken.

So, I will update my blog with the photo of the place where I went, and some of my Japanese office, house, and so on to let you to feel what Japan is like.

Takanori Tomita
DSFY.com

Takanori Tomita's Japanese Language Tips - English Name in Japanese

2005-01-15T03:49:00.000-08:00

Today, I have also sent new newsletter for those who have subscribed the Takanori Tomita's Japanese Language Tips.
The topic for this is: [Writing English Names in Japanese]
You can see this article from the link below:
http://www.dsfy.com/JapaneseLanguageNewsletter10.htm

It gives you an idea of how Westen people's name are written in Japanese.
There are some links to show you a sample of famous Japanese Name, and English Name in Japanese symbols.

Takanori Tomita
DSFY.com
Japanese Symbol Name Translation
http://www.dsfy.com

New Japanese Kanji Symbol Tattoo Design. Thanks to Amber Tiller

2005-01-15T03:15:00.000-08:00

Today, I would like to show you a new Japanese Symbol Tattoo Design photo which I receive from Amber Tiller by post.

She has placed an order for the Japanese Kanji Translation and got her customized Japanese Kanji symbol Tattoo design on her back few month ago.

Her Japanese symbols says "It's my life" in Japanese.
It's perfect!

By the way, thank you very much for your wonderful letter as well.

It's very nice of you, Amber.
I have placed both photos and a letter on DSFY's website as well at:
http://www.dsfy.com/tattoo_design/Japanese_Tattoo_Design.htm

Takanori Tomita
DSFY.com
Japanese Symbol Translator
http://www.dsfy.com

Takanori Tomita from DSFY.com has started his blog from Jan. 2005

2005-01-15T02:26:00.000-08:00

Hello,
This is Takanori Tomtia from DSFY.com

The main purpose of having this blog is:

To tell you about Takanori Tomtia's identity, and
To convey my thoughts about Japan, Japanese people, Japanese culture, and traditional Japanese life to those people who are interested in Japan.
To communicate with my customers, and
To inform all the updated new information about DSFY.com

The blog is going to be updated every week.
So, please keep reading and enjoy.

Takanori Tomita

DSFY.com
Japanese Symbol, Name Translation
(http://www.dsfy.com)