Posted November 18, 201410 yr comment_458809 Got this link from a post on another forum. you might be interested. http://teespring.com/datsunkanji#pid=212&cid=5821&sid=front Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/50442-kanji-anyone/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
November 18, 201410 yr comment_458812 That's actually written in Katakana, not Kanji... Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/50442-kanji-anyone/#findComment-458812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
November 18, 201410 yr comment_458844 A couple days ago I had a bottle of Asahi beer. After reading this post I tried to decipher the Katakana on the label. For someone who spent a week studying it (to get more out of the Japanese car magazines that use a lot of it), my Katakana is not very good, but I looked it up in the book. The kana is used for foreign loanwords and other things, it's phonetic. You need to read up on Romaji phonetic translation from English or other languages to make it easier, but to me it's way easier than Kanji, which you also would need to know to actually read Japanese. Anyway, the white kana on the red stripe says Su-Pa-DoRaI (super dry), and the red kana underneath says Asahi Bi-Ru (Asahi beer). After all that work I need another Asahi. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/50442-kanji-anyone/#findComment-458844 Share on other sites More sharing options...
November 18, 201410 yr comment_458853 So what does the Katakana on the t-shirt mean? Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/50442-kanji-anyone/#findComment-458853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
November 18, 201410 yr Author comment_458855 Supposedly it says "Datsun". Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/50442-kanji-anyone/#findComment-458855 Share on other sites More sharing options...
November 19, 201410 yr comment_458865 Da tsu to sa n ("o" as in "go"), but the tsu is written small so I think it's pronounced Dat-to-san. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/50442-kanji-anyone/#findComment-458865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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