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What a Japanese person actually thinksDignified. It has a slightly classical air — the register of Bakumatsu-era letters and speeches about what one intends to do with one's life. Reads as serious.
Meaning
- Literally
- scholar + heart
- Actually
- The ambition you've committed to — resolve with a direction. Stronger than a wish, more personal than a goal.
Scores
Naturalness●●●●●
A real, current word, though a somewhat formal one.
Coolness●●●●●
Rare among foreign tattoos, elegant character, and the meaning genuinely says something about the wearer.
Watch out
Nothing embarrassing lurking in here.
On skin
志
Orientation: either
Mincho or brush. Clean and simple enough that it will still be legible in thirty years.