Desires (yokubou)

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Here we offer 8 different hand-brushed Japanese Desires tattoo designs by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase. For these Desires 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.

Desires in Japanese is 欲望 which is read yokubou. The Japanese word yokubou meaning "Desires" also translates as "Lust, Appetite" and is composed of the kanji 欲 (read yoku) meaning "passion; desire; craving; longing" and 望 (read bou) meaning "hope; desire; ambition".

Japanese nouns have no grammatical number or gender. So yokubou is both singular and plural which means that yokubou refers to a single Desire as well as to several. Learn more at Wikipedia's Japanese Language.

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 Desires (yokubou) which links to the independent Jeffrey's Japanese English Dictionary. You can also verify the translation using Yahoo's dictionary entry Desires (yokubou).

With your order, you will receive everything you need for the perfect Desires 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.

As soon as your order is placed, you can download your Japanese tattoo design. We also send you an email with instructions should you want to download the design in the future. 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.