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i · the name
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Marina

マリナ
from Latin marina — "of the sea"
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ii · three scripts

Three Japanese scripts. Two of them are fixed. The third one is not.

That is where a person has to choose, not a translator: a Japanese calligrapher who has already written the names of more than 500 people by hand, on the street, one by one.

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He chose 7 versions for this name. The one he recommends most is in the second half.
iii · kanji i
真凛奈
ma-ri-na
what is genuine, temper, and the fruit on the tree
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iv · about kanji i

真凛奈

  • 真mawhat is genuine, nothing feigned
  • 凛ritemper, holding together
  • 奈nathe fruit that ripens on the tree
a firm, fertile name — for someone who feigns nothing and holds on to what is theirs.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of being truly what you appear to be, keeping your temper and holding together, and ripening like fruit on the tree.

v · kanji ii
円里菜
ma-ri-na
what is round, the place where people gather, and the field in bloom
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vi · about kanji ii

円里菜

  • 円mawhat is round, harmony without edges
  • 里rithe village, the warm place where people gather
  • 菜nathe yellow flower that covers the field in spring
a round, warm name — for someone who brings people together with no sharp edges.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of keeping around you the harmony of what is round, being the warm place where people gather, and carrying with you the yellow flower that covers the field in spring.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 舞璃渚— the dance and the jewel that lets the light through, on the shore where the wave arrives
  • 麻律凪— linen and your own rules, with the calm of water
  • 満莉夏— the full moon and jasmine, with the summer sun
  • 円理那— what is round and understanding how things work, with what is beautiful and plentiful
  • 舞利撫— the dance and a quick mind, with the gentleness of a caress
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iii 舞璃渚
ma-ri-nathe dance, the jewel that lets light through, and the shore
  • 舞mathe dance, the elegance of someone in motion
  • 璃ricolored glass, the jewel that lets the light through
  • 渚nathe shore, where the wave reaches the sand
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of moving with the elegance of someone in motion, letting the light through like colored glass, and staying on the shore where the wave reaches the sand.

choose this one
iv 麻律凪
ma-ri-nalinen, your own rhythm, and the water gone calm
  • 麻mathe fiber of linen, what is natural and clean
  • 律riliving by their own rules and at their own rhythm
  • 凪nathe wind stopping, the water gone calm
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of being as simple and clean as linen, living by your own rules and at your own rhythm, and staying as calm as water when the wind stops.

choose this one
v 満莉夏
ma-ri-nathe full moon, jasmine, and summer
  • 満mafilling up completely, the full moon
  • 莉rijasmine, the white flower with a strong scent
  • 夏nathe summer sun, the thick green
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of filling up completely like the full moon, opening like jasmine with its strong scent, and bringing the summer sun over the thick green.

choose this one
vi 円理那
ma-ri-nawhat is round, understanding how things work, and what is beautiful and plentiful
  • 円mawhat is round, harmony without edges
  • 理rithe reason of things, understanding how they work
  • 那nawhat is beautiful and plentiful
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of keeping the harmony of what is round, understanding the reason of things and how they work, and carrying with you what is beautiful and plentiful.

choose this one
vii 舞利撫
ma-ri-nathe dance, a quick mind, and the caress
  • 舞mathe dance, the elegance of someone in motion
  • 利rithe edge of a quick mind
  • 撫nathe caress, touching gently
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of moving with the elegance of someone in motion, carrying the edge of a quick mind, and touching with the gentleness of a caress.

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viii · wallpaper
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真凛奈
Marina
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真凛奈
Marina
Being truly what you appear to be, keeping your temper and holding together, and ripening like fruit on the tree.
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ix · from his own hand

This is how the calligrapher writes — three pieces, one hand.

Everything above is drawn by a typeface: a thousand Marinas, the same stroke. Not this one. The calligrapher dips the brush and writes yours a single time — the ink opens where it opens, the stroke breaks where it breaks.

風露依 — written with a brush by the calligrapher
夢玖 — written with a brush by the calligrapher
慈英夢寿 — written with a brush by the calligrapher
three pieces by the calligrapher · brush and ink on paper · none of them says your name yet
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x · for you, not for the name

Shall we choose your kanji together?

Everything above was chosen for the name Marina — the same for any Marina. A commission is different: you tell the calligrapher what matters to you, what you want to protect and who you want to become — and together you pick the best kanji.

If you are getting it tattooed, or you seriously want a kanji that is only yours — start here.

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xi · wear it

The same kanji, on something you can touch.

Your name printed on what you use every day. We do not sell the shirt: we give you the file and you take it to your printer.

真凛奈
Marina
T-shirt
真凛奈
Mug
真凛奈
Tote bag
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no background, at print size — there you choose the kanji, the lettering style and the orientation

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千 · Japanese calligrapher · traveling the world · 2026