Lake in Japanese

レイク

Lake, when pronounced "layk", is レイク (reiku) in katakana.

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This translation is used by actress, director and screenwriter Lake Bell (レイク・ベル), English bassist, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer Greg Lake (グレッグ・レイク), and British musician Chris Lake (クリス・レイク). This is also the spelling used by stock car racing driver Lake Speed (レイク・スピード).

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Name and Phrase

"Lake Family is My Life," "Lake 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.

Lake Family Is My Life layk レイク Lake in katakana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal

Lake Family Is My Life layk れいく Lake in hiragana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal

Lake Family Bonds Are Forever layk レイク Lake in katakana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal

Lake Family Bonds Are Forever layk れいく Lake in hiragana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal

Lake Japanese Tattoo Designs

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

Get your tattoo of Lake in Japanese brushed by Master Eri Takase. You can order Lake in katakana, which is how non-Japanese names are written in Japanese, or hiragana, which is considered more feminine. Lake, when pronounced layk, is レイク (reiku) in katakana and れいく in hiragana. Click the sample and see for yourself.

Lake katakana, vertical

Lake katakana, horizontal

Lake hiragana, vertical

Lake hiragana, horizontal

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A customer's tattoo: Mayumi is my life, in Japanese calligraphy by Master Eri Takase

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