Fine Japanese Calligraphy

The Art of Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase

Love in Japanese

ラブ

Love, when pronounced "lab", is ラブ (rabu) in katakana.

l as in lovea as in at, spab as in bat
Shared by Jennifer Love Hewitt and others

Well-known people with this spelling include actress and singer Jennifer Love Hewitt (ジェニファー・ラブ・ヒューイット), football quarterback Jordan Love (ジョーダン・ラブ), and basketball player Kevin Love (ケビン・ラブ). This is also the spelling used by author, speaker, Google engineer, and open source software developer Robert Love (ロバート・ラブ).

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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

"Love Family is My Life," "Love 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.

Love Family Is My Life
Love Family Is My Life lab ラブ Love in katakana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal
Love Family Is My Life
Love Family Is My Life lab らぶ Love in hiragana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal
Love Family Bonds Are Forever
Love Family Bonds Are Forever lab ラブ Love in katakana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal
Love Family Bonds Are Forever
Love Family Bonds Are Forever lab らぶ Love in hiragana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal

Love Japanese Tattoo Designs

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

Get your tattoo of Love in Japanese brushed by Master Eri Takase. You can order Love in katakana, which is how non-Japanese names are written in Japanese, or hiragana, which is considered more feminine. Love, when pronounced lab, is ラブ (rabu) in katakana and らぶ in hiragana. Click the sample and see for yourself.

l as in lovea as in at, spab as in bat
Love in Katakana (Vertical)
Love katakana, vertical
Love in Katakana (Horizontal)
Love katakana, horizontal
Love in Hiragana (Vertical)
Love hiragana, vertical
Love in Hiragana (Horizontal)
Love hiragana, horizontal

Love Meaning Love

Names have meanings and Love means Love which in kanji is 慈愛 read jiai. These beautiful designs of Love with the meaning love make a great tattoo. Brushed by Master Takase your order is immediately available and includes all your tattoo artist needs to ink the design.

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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