Today, my wife knows tattoos are a huge turnoff for me. She decided the best way to change my mind about them would be to get one. Across her neck. Of our dog's name. FML
I have nothing against neck tattoos. I have tattoos. I'm just saying for the first one also knowing her husband doesn't like them. At least put it somewhere it can be covered by clothing.
"Today, I got beaten up by a Japanese gang. Turns out my tattoo told them to go fuck themselves, and that their fathers smelled of elderberries. I thought it meant 'sophisticated'. FML"
86- now imagine the tattooer also thought you said 'murder' :p not that 'mother' even in Japanese is all that better. If I saw the word mother tattooed on someone in my language, I'd be like daffak? I'm guessing a Japanese would be the same.
Just my opinion.
I remember one of my Japanese friends telling me that he always gets a good laugh at most Japanese kanji tattoos, because they are either completely wrong or look like they were written by a five year old who doesn't know what brush stroke order to write in.
It's always a good idea to do research when getting a tattoo in a foreign language. And if possible, get it done by someone who actually speaks/writes the language so they know what it's supposed to look like.