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What a Japanese person actually thinksFormal and forceful — the register of a company motto or a sports team banner. Reads as disciplined rather than aggressive.
Meaning
- Literally
- not bending + not yielding
- Actually
- Indomitable; refusing to bend or break under pressure.
Scores
Naturalness●●●●●
Established yojijukugo.
Coolness●●●●●
Strong, though the repeated 不 makes it look slightly symmetrical and corporate. That's a feature if you want gravity, a bug if you want poetry.
Watch out
- low撓 is a rare, complex character. On a small tattoo it will blur into a black smudge within ten years. Size up.
On skin
不撓不屈
Orientation: vertical
Mincho at generous size. Do not let anyone talk you into this at 3cm — 撓 alone has 15 strokes.