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Carmen in Japanese

カルメン

Carmen, when pronounced "kar-men", is カルメン (karumen) in katakana.

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Shared by Carmen Electra and others

Well-known people with this spelling include actress, model, and singer Carmen Electra (カルメン・エレクトラ), singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist Eric Carmen (エリック・カルメン), and writer, known for Inventory Carmen Maria Machado (カルメン・マリア・マチャド). This is also the spelling used by baseball player Carmen Mlodzinski (カルメン・ムロージンスキー).

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Full sample PDF of the Amy design: three variations, the line art, Amy, its pronunciation, romaji and Japanese

Name and Phrase

"Carmen Family is My Life," "Carmen Family Bonds are Forever." Each is composed in Japanese calligraphy by Master Takase.

These are high-resolution PDFs with the calligraphy, the line-art, the English, the Japanese, the Japanese reading. For a real example see Name and Phrase.

Carmen Family Is My Life
Carmen Family Is My Life kar-men カルメン Carmen in katakana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal
Carmen Family Is My Life
Carmen Family Is My Life kar-men かるめん Carmen in hiragana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal
Carmen Family Bonds Are Forever
Carmen Family Bonds Are Forever kar-men カルメン Carmen in katakana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal
Carmen Family Bonds Are Forever
Carmen Family Bonds Are Forever kar-men かるめん Carmen in hiragana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal

Carmen Japanese Tattoo Designs

Carmen in vertical katakana as a tattoo on a man's arm

Get your tattoo of Carmen in Japanese brushed by Master Eri Takase. You can order Carmen in katakana, which is how non-Japanese names are written in Japanese, or hiragana, which is considered more feminine. Carmen, when pronounced kar-men, is カルメン (karumen) in katakana and かるめん in hiragana. Click the sample and see for yourself.

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Carmen in Katakana (Vertical)
Carmen katakana, vertical
Carmen in Katakana (Horizontal)
Carmen katakana, horizontal
Carmen in Hiragana (Vertical)
Carmen hiragana, vertical
Carmen in Hiragana (Horizontal)
Carmen hiragana, horizontal
A customer's tattoo: Mayumi is my life, in Japanese calligraphy by Master Eri Takase

Each design is an original work by Master Takase, delivered as a high-resolution PDF with the calligraphy and line art: everything you need for a perfect tattoo or print. Every translation includes links to independent sources so with one click you can verify it for yourself.

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