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Wally in Japanese

ウオーリー

Wally, when pronounced "wO-lI", is ウオーリー (wōrī) in katakana.

wOl as in loveI as in ski, held long
Shared by Wally Amos and others

Famous people with this spelling include television personality, entrepreneur, and author Wally Amos (ウォーリー・エイモス), baseball player Wally Pipp (ウォーリー・ピップ), and voice actor Wally Wingert (ウォーリー・ウィンガート). It's also the katakana spelling for British polar explorer Wally Herbert (ウォーリー・ハーバート).

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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

"Wally Family is My Life," "Wally 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.

Wally Family Is My Life
Wally Family Is My Life wO-lI ウオーリー Wally in katakana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal
Wally Family Is My Life
Wally Family Is My Life wO-lI うおうりい Wally in hiragana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal
Wally Family Bonds Are Forever
Wally Family Bonds Are Forever wO-lI ウオーリー Wally in katakana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal
Wally Family Bonds Are Forever
Wally Family Bonds Are Forever wO-lI うおうりい Wally in hiragana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal

Wally Japanese Tattoo Designs

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

Get your tattoo of Wally in Japanese brushed by Master Eri Takase. You can order Wally in katakana, which is how non-Japanese names are written in Japanese, or hiragana, which is considered more feminine. Wally, when pronounced wO-lI, is ウオーリー (wōrī) in katakana and うおうりい (uourii) in hiragana. Click the sample and see for yourself.

wOl as in loveI as in ski, held long
Wally in Katakana (Vertical)
Wally katakana, vertical
Wally in Katakana (Horizontal)
Wally katakana, horizontal
Wally in Hiragana (Vertical)
Wally hiragana, vertical
Wally in Hiragana (Horizontal)
Wally 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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