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:

Anonymous Meng said...

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

12:45 AM  
Anonymous Durf said...

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

12:49 AM  
Blogger Andy said...

mebbe it means "with a prisoner."

1:57 PM  
Anonymous lee said...

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

3:04 PM  
Blogger Kyle Goetz said...

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.

11:37 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I read it as "Japanese prisoner."

12:10 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

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

12:19 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

give me a cappucino!!

4:18 AM  
Anonymous may said...

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.

12:58 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

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

1:09 PM  
Blogger Atlantima said...

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

7:20 PM  
Anonymous dooney said...

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

4:37 PM  

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