Focus in Japanese Calligraphy — 7 Hand-Brushed Designs

決め (kime)

The Japanese word kime in everyday Japanese means "rule; agreement". In the Martial Arts though it is used to translate "focus" or "the instantaneous tensing at the correct moment during a technique". See the Wikipedia article Kime or The Many Faces of Kime by J. Timothy Hanlon, M.D. for more information.

Verify: 決め in the Japanese-English Dictionary

Focus (決め) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Focus 決め kime Block Vertical VB2C

Focus (決め) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Focus 決め kime Cursive Vertical VC2B

Focus (決め) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Focus 決め kime Semi-Cursive Vertical VS2C

Focus 決め kime Semi-Cursive Vertical VS2D

Focus 決め kime Block Horizontal HB2A

Focus 決め kime Cursive Horizontal HC1A

Focus 決め kime Semi-Cursive Horizontal HS2A

About the Designs

Each design is Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase's hand-brushed calligraphy of the word or phrase on this page, delivered as a PDF you can print. Every PDF includes the line art, so a tattoo artist or a craftsperson can work from the outline as well as the brushed image.

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