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Mate in Japanese

マテ

Mate, when pronounced "ma-te", is マテ (mate) in katakana.

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Shared by Mate Pavić and others

People pronouncing their name this way include Croatian tennis player Mate Pavić (マテ・パビッチ), Bosnian-Herzegovinian singer Mate Bulić (マテ・ブリッチ), and Croatian poet and encyclopedist Mate Ujević (マテ・ウイェヴィッチ).

Select how you pronounce Mate:

ma-te マテmate ma-Tay マッテイmattei mayt メイトmeito

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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

"Mate Family is My Life," "Mate 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.

Mate Family Is My Life
Mate Family Is My Life ma-te マテ Mate in katakana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal
Mate Family Is My Life
Mate Family Is My Life ma-te まて Mate in hiragana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal
Mate Family Bonds Are Forever
Mate Family Bonds Are Forever ma-te マテ Mate in katakana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal
Mate Family Bonds Are Forever
Mate Family Bonds Are Forever ma-te まて Mate in hiragana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal

Mate Japanese Tattoo Designs

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

Get your tattoo of Mate in Japanese brushed by Master Eri Takase. You can order Mate in katakana, which is how non-Japanese names are written in Japanese, or hiragana, which is considered more feminine. Mate, when pronounced ma-te, is マテ (mate) in katakana and まて in hiragana. Click the sample and see for yourself.

m as in mana as in at, spat as in tope as in bed
Mate in Katakana (Vertical)
Mate katakana, vertical
Mate in Katakana (Horizontal)
Mate katakana, horizontal
Mate in Hiragana (Vertical)
Mate hiragana, vertical
Mate in Hiragana (Horizontal)
Mate hiragana, horizontal

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