Unfortunately there really isn't a good way to translate 'think twice' into Japanese to make a cool looking tattoo... It would come off sounding really wordy... at least from my understanding of Japanese. I studied the language for 6+ years, but obviously a fluent speaker would know a better way of translating that saying. I would translate it to be "nikai ni kangaeru."

Also kanji isn't Japanese. The kanji characters were developed by the Chinese and the Japanese (and other countries in Asia) "borrowed" them to use in their language. A lot of people whom I've met who have kanji tattoos got the rough kanji equivalent to the English they were trying to translate, but without understanding of the language (Mandarin, Japanese, etc.) or kanji most didn't make any sense. An old co-worker of mine had what she said to be the kanji for bitch on her ankle. It was just the kanji for dog. There wasn't even another kanji that might denote gender. Just dog.

My suggestion would be if you're looking for a cool looking tattoo that's just in kanji characters, talk to someone who knows Mandarin to translate and give you the correct kanji. If you happen to like the Japanese influence more, then I'd say get the whole tattoo (with hiragana) or don't do it at all. If you just take out the kanji from the Japanese translation and remove the hiragana, it won't make any sense. You'd be better off slapping any kanji on your arm rather than three out of context kanji that no longer holds the meaning of what you were wanting it to convey in the first place.

I feel very strongly about this since I do have a tattoo in another language on my arm. My stance is that if you're going to do something (especially if that something is permanent) then do it right. Truth be told, most people won't be able to spell check your tattoo and it'll just be a pretty picture to them, but if there's a significant reason for having a tattoo in Japanese then do it in Japanese all the way.

Oh I love your dad viking pic! Great pose!

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