Life is Short (jinsei wa mijikai)

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Here we offer 6 different hand-brushed Japanese Life is Short tattoo designs by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase. For these Life is Short 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.

Life is Short in Japanese is 人生は短い which is read jinsei wa mijikai. The Japanese phrase jinsei wa mijikai meaning "Life is Short" is composed of the words 人生 (read jinsei) meaning "life", the grammatical element は (read wa) here acting like "is", and 短い (read mijikai) meaning "short".

This beautiful art reminds us to live each moment to the fullest and to treasure the time we have.

With your order, you will receive everything you need for the perfect Life is Short 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.