from: Jeff L.
    to: tiangotlost@gmail.com
    date: Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 4:44 AM
    subject: My silly-ass tattoo

    Hi Tian!

    Very nice blog you have here. I was wondering if you could help me re-translate (hopefully correctly this time) my first ever tattoo!! (surprise!) The top should read "to excel", the inside should read "strength", the outside "to persevere", and the bottom "to find happiness".

    Thanks!

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    In Japanese, 我慢 means "to persevere" or "patience, endurance, perseverance." However, it means "I am slow" in Chinese.
    芽出度い, which can mean "happy" but can also colloquially mean "pregnant" or "crazy."

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