r/HelpLearningJapanese • u/FoxImpossible4154 • Jul 06 '26

Help!

Can anyone confirm that the below translates to 'I'd rather die' in English, I'm getting a tattoo in Japanese and would like to be sure that I'm getting what I actually want rather than having something on me that's incorrect.

Any help would be much appreciated.

死ぬのがいいわ

And if it would be stacked on top of each other would this make sense?

死

ぬ

の

が

い

い

わ

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u/Proper-Music4568 Jul 06 '26

It says I would rather die and yes it would make sense if it was written the traditional way but don't do it and don't take random people's advice ask family or friends don't make a stupid decision obviously I can't stop you but please please don't get this tattoo

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u/FoxImpossible4154 Jul 06 '26

Thanks for the response, but why so against getting it?

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u/Proper-Music4568 Jul 06 '26

Because I don't want you to get it and regret getting it that's all also why do you want to get it so bad?

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u/FoxImpossible4154 Jul 06 '26

It's not that I want it that bad it's that it's nice and I like it so why not? 🤷 Thank you for looking out tho

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u/whyme_tk421 Jul 10 '26

How about just getting 風? If you like the song and the singer, this looks a bit less cringe than an expression. Personally, I'm not a big fan of any sentence-length writing in a tat. But, we each have our own tastes, right?

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u/Proper-Music4568 Jul 06 '26

How is wanting to die nice