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i · the name
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Thomas

トーマス
from Aramaic Toma — "twin"
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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
灯満寿
to-ma-su
the lit lamp, the full moon, and the blessing
see what it means
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iv · about kanji i

灯満寿

  • 灯toa warm light
  • 満mafilling up completely, the full moon
  • 寿suthe celebration, the years that add up
a warm, full name — for someone who celebrates and gets others celebrating.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of keeping a lamp lit with warm light, filling all the way like the full moon, and receiving the blessing of the people around you.

v · kanji ii
登真粋
to-ma-su
the climb, what is genuine, and refined taste
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vi · about kanji ii

登真粋

  • 登toclimbing, gaining height step by step
  • 真mawhat is genuine, nothing feigned
  • 粋surefined taste, elegance with no ornament
an honest, elegant name — for someone who climbs without changing face.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of gaining height step by step, being genuine with no second face, and keeping a refined taste with no ornament.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 斗円崇— the dipper of seven stars and a circle that closes in harmony
  • 翔舞主— the glide and the dance, with the center that holds the house
  • 燈麻寿— the lit lantern and the clean fiber of hemp
  • 飛円粋— flight and a circle that closes in harmony
  • 透真崇— transparency and what is genuine, with your eyes on what is high
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iii 斗円崇
to-ma-suthe dipper of stars, the closed circle, and what is high
  • 斗tothe seven-star dipper of the north, a large bowl
  • 円mawhat is round, harmony without edges
  • 崇suwhat is high and noble, what you look up to
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of having a bowl as large as the seven stars of the north, closing the circle and holding the harmony, and looking toward what is high and noble.

choose this one
iv 翔舞主
to-ma-suthe glide, the dance, and the center
  • 翔toriding the air and gliding without hurry
  • 舞mathe dance, the elegance of someone in motion
  • 主suthe center, the one who holds the house together
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of riding the air and gliding without hurry, moving with the elegant gesture of the dance, and being the center that holds the house together.

choose this one
v 燈麻寿
to-ma-suthe lantern, hemp fiber, and the blessing
  • 燈tothe old lantern, its warm and steady light
  • 麻mathe fiber of linen, what is natural and clean
  • 寿suthe celebration, the years that add up
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of keeping the lantern lit with its warm and steady light, being clean and natural like hemp fiber, and receiving the blessing of the people around you.

choose this one
vi 飛円粋
to-ma-suflight, the closed circle, and refined taste
  • 飛toflying, letting go of the ground
  • 円mawhat is round, harmony without edges
  • 粋surefined taste, elegance with no ornament
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of letting go of the ground and flying, closing the circle and holding the harmony, and keeping a refined taste with no ornament.

choose this one
vii 透真崇
to-ma-sutransparency, what is genuine, and what is high
  • 透towhat is transparent, what can be seen clean through
  • 真mawhat is genuine, nothing feigned
  • 崇suwhat is high and noble, what you look up to
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of letting yourself be seen clean through, being genuine with no second face, and looking toward what is high and noble.

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灯満寿
Thomas
Keeping a lamp lit with warm light, filling all the way like the full moon, and receiving the blessing of the people around you.
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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 Thomases, 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.

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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 Thomas — the same for any Thomas. 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.

灯満寿
Thomas
T-shirt
灯満寿
Mug
灯満寿
Tote bag
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