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The Art of Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase

Winter in Japanese

ヴィンテル

Winter, when pronounced "vin-ter", is ヴィンテル (vinteru) in katakana.

v as in veryi as in sit, skin as in not as in tope as in bedr as in red
Shared by Jan Willem de Winter

Well-known people with this spelling include Dutch admiral Jan Willem de Winter (ヤン・ウィレム・ド・ヴィンテル).

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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

"Winter Family is My Life," "Winter 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.

Winter Family Is My Life
Winter Family Is My Life vin-ter ヴィンテル Winter in katakana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal
Winter Family Is My Life
Winter Family Is My Life vin-ter びんてる Winter in hiragana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal
Winter Family Bonds Are Forever
Winter Family Bonds Are Forever vin-ter ヴィンテル Winter in katakana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal
Winter Family Bonds Are Forever
Winter Family Bonds Are Forever vin-ter びんてる Winter in hiragana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal

Winter Japanese Tattoo Designs

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

Get your tattoo of Winter in Japanese brushed by Master Eri Takase. You can order Winter in katakana, which is how non-Japanese names are written in Japanese, or hiragana, which is considered more feminine. Winter, when pronounced vin-ter, is ヴィンテル (vinteru) in katakana and びんてる (binteru) in hiragana. Click the sample and see for yourself.

v as in veryi as in sit, skin as in not as in tope as in bedr as in red
Winter in Katakana (Vertical)
Winter katakana, vertical
Winter in Katakana (Horizontal)
Winter katakana, horizontal
Winter in Hiragana (Vertical)
Winter hiragana, vertical
Winter in Hiragana (Horizontal)
Winter 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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