Best Friend (shin'yuu)

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Here we offer 8 different hand-brushed Japanese Best Friend tattoo designs by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase. For these Best Friend tattoo designs the fonts are different, but the characters and the meaning are the same. So order the style you like - the meaning is the same for each design.

Best Friend in Japanese is 親友 which is read shin'yuu. The Japanese word shin'yuu meaning "Best Friend" is composed of the kanji 親 (read shin) meaning "intimate; close" and 友 (read yuu) meaning "friend".

This beautiful work of art is a perfect gift for your closest and most valued friend - a thoughtful gift that will look simply great in any modern home or office.

This design is perfect by itself or you can personalize it with names from our huge selection of Names in Japanese.

Translations You Can Trust: We want you to be as happy with the Japanese translation as you are with Master Takase's beautiful art. So we have made it easy to confirm the translation for yourself by simply clicking on Best Friend (shin'yuu) which links to the independent Jeffrey's Japanese English Dictionary. You can also verify the translation using Yahoo's dictionary entry Best Friend (shin'yuu).

With your order, you will receive everything you need for the perfect Best Friend in Japanese Tattoo. Your design comes as an Adobe PDF file which means it will print exactly as Master Takase brushed the design and, of course, it includes the line art (also called a stencil) which your tattoo artist must have to properly ink the design.

The Adobe PDF file completely documents the design and contains everything your tattoo artist needs to properly ink the design. Your tattoo artist does not need to know Japanese.