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futō fukutsu

People search for this as: indomitable unbreakable never bend never break resilience unyielding

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The dense, serious version of 'never give up'.

What a Japanese person actually thinks

Formal 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

Orientation: vertical

Mincho at generous size. Do not let anyone talk you into this at 3cm — 撓 alone has 15 strokes.

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