Fine Japanese Calligraphy

The Art of Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase

Mari in Japanese

マリー

Mari, when pronounced "ma-rI", is マリー (marī) in katakana.

m as in mana as in at, spar as in redI as in ski, held long
Shared by Mari Apache and others

People pronouncing their name this way include Mexican professional wrestler Mari Apache (マリー・アパッチェ) and Swedish translator and writer Ann Mari Falk (アン・マリー・フォーク).

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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

"Mari Family is My Life," "Mari 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.

Mari Family Is My Life
Mari Family Is My Life ma-rI マリー Mari in katakana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal
Mari Family Is My Life
Mari Family Is My Life ma-rI まりい Mari in hiragana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal
Mari Family Bonds Are Forever
Mari Family Bonds Are Forever ma-rI マリー Mari in katakana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal
Mari Family Bonds Are Forever
Mari Family Bonds Are Forever ma-rI まりい Mari in hiragana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal

Mari Japanese Tattoo Designs

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

Get your tattoo of Mari in Japanese brushed by Master Eri Takase. You can order Mari in katakana, which is how non-Japanese names are written in Japanese, or hiragana, which is considered more feminine. Mari, when pronounced ma-rI, is マリー (marī) in katakana and まりい (marii) in hiragana. Click the sample and see for yourself.

m as in mana as in at, spar as in redI as in ski, held long
Mari in Katakana (Vertical)
Mari katakana, vertical
Mari in Katakana (Horizontal)
Mari katakana, horizontal
Mari in Hiragana (Vertical)
Mari hiragana, vertical
Mari in Hiragana (Horizontal)
Mari hiragana, horizontal

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