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Please help with translation
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2008/8/12 00:07
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I decided to do a tatoo=) ("faith in yourself") But I found only "confidence in yourself" (自信). The sense is different=( Please help me to tranlate phrase "faith(trust) in yourself":)
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by Alissa Inw
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It might be hard to come up with Kanji to match this sentiment, because of cultural nuance. While having faith in yourself is seen to be a positive thing in the West, it may be taken as excessive pride in Japan. If you can find the right Kanji, please get multiple native Japanese and Chinese speakers (the meaning of the same characters is not always the same) to confirm that the meaning is something that you really want on your body forever.
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by sora da yo
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Not all English phrase can be exactly translated into compact Japanese/kanji phrases.
Consider choosing among existing kanji phrases instead of having your phrase translated.
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by meringue4
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自身(Ji-shin) means "person who is confident in yourself" 信念(shin-nen) means "person who have the courage of your convictions" 信用(shin-yo) means "person who one can trust" 信仰(shin-ko) means "person who is the deeply religious"
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by shin0526
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sorry, i correct the mistakes. "自身"→"自信"
"faith" means "自信","信念","信用"and"信仰" in japanese.
i think The best kanji is "信念".
"信念" → (live according to one's beliefs),(ive up to one's beliefs),(adherence to a belief),(true to one's convictions),(stick to what one believes in), (stand in one's belief )
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by shin0526
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The best translation
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2008/8/13 00:10
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The best translation in your case is 己を信ぜよ Thank you for visiting my site :)
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by Oleg
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Before doing anything permanent, please consider contacting the guy who does this website with your ideas: http://hanzismatter.com/It deals with incorrect tattoos done in Chinese/Japanese characters. If you want your tattoo to be understood and correctly interpreted by all Chinese character-reading Asian people, you might not want to go with a Japanese translation... Only Japan uses hiragana, among other reasons previously mentioned.
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by sora da yo
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