Fine Japanese Calligraphy

The Art of Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase

Lila in Japanese

ライラ

Lila, when pronounced "lie-la", is ライラ (raira) in katakana.

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Shared by Lila McCann and others

People with this Japanese spelling include musician Lila McCann (ライラ・マッキャン), prominent screen actress of the silent film era Lila Lee (ライラ・リー), and Russian–American engineer, manager and former executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation Lila Tretikov (ライラ・トレティコフ). This is also the spelling used by theatre director Lila Neugebauer (ライラ・ノイゲバウアー).

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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

"Lila Family is My Life," "Lila 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.

Lila Family Is My Life
Lila Family Is My Life lie-la ライラ Lila in katakana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal
Lila Family Is My Life
Lila Family Is My Life lie-la らいら Lila in hiragana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal
Lila Family Bonds Are Forever
Lila Family Bonds Are Forever lie-la ライラ Lila in katakana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal
Lila Family Bonds Are Forever
Lila Family Bonds Are Forever lie-la らいら Lila in hiragana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal

Lila Japanese Tattoo Designs

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

Get your tattoo of Lila in Japanese brushed by Master Eri Takase. You can order Lila in katakana, which is how non-Japanese names are written in Japanese, or hiragana, which is considered more feminine. Lila, when pronounced lie-la, is ライラ (raira) in katakana and らいら in hiragana. Click the sample and see for yourself.

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Lila in Katakana (Vertical)
Lila katakana, vertical
Lila in Katakana (Horizontal)
Lila katakana, horizontal
Lila in Hiragana (Vertical)
Lila hiragana, vertical
Lila in Hiragana (Horizontal)
Lila 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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