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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 252465, member: 44"]It's Japanese. The last pic is the correct position. It is read from the right side down. I'm not sure what it all translates, but do know the the 2 right side characters.</p><p><br /></p><p><i> 大 = Dai = great, big....</i></p><p><i>吉 = kichi</i>' = luck, fortune, luckiness, blessedness, bliss, felicity</p><p><br /></p><p>Together "daikichi" they mean something like "excellent luck."</p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Excellent+luck+in+Japanese&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Excellent+luck+in+Japanese&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?q=Excellent+luck+in+Japanese&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There are a couple of oriental language guru on the forum that may drop by to help. I don't think they drop by every day. It may be a few more days before they show up if they see this query. If no one shows up, in a day or so refresh this query by replying to it. That will bounce it back to the top of this forum as your above message did.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 252465, member: 44"]It's Japanese. The last pic is the correct position. It is read from the right side down. I'm not sure what it all translates, but do know the the 2 right side characters. [I] 大 = Dai = great, big.... 吉 = kichi[/I]' = luck, fortune, luckiness, blessedness, bliss, felicity Together "daikichi" they mean something like "excellent luck." [URL]https://www.google.com/search?q=Excellent+luck+in+Japanese&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8[/URL] There are a couple of oriental language guru on the forum that may drop by to help. I don't think they drop by every day. It may be a few more days before they show up if they see this query. If no one shows up, in a day or so refresh this query by replying to it. That will bounce it back to the top of this forum as your above message did. --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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