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The Way Ariana Grande ‘Fixed’ Her Japanese BBQ Tattoo Fail Is Making All Japanese People Cringe

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There is nothing pop stars love more than dabbling in cultural appropriation, but this week Ariana Grande found out that if you’re going to appropriate you should at least do it correctly. The singer posted a photo of a brand new Japanese tattoo in Japanese, inspired by her new hit “7 Rings,” – the only problem was instead of using all the symbols in the video she did some editing that gave the tattoo an entirely new meaning.

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Ariana’s recent tattoo translation mishap has been the subject of endless jokes as well as cultural criticism

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The artist intended for the design to read “7 Rings” using Japanese Kanji symbols, which appear in the song’s music video

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In the music video’s title card, you see the symbols — “七つの指輪” – which translates to “7 Rings.” However, Grande cut out three of the characters, causing the phrase to change completely. The use of “seven” (七) and “ring” (輪) depicted together on her hand, instead translates to”shichirin” — a small charcoal grill or BBQ.

Although the mistranslation was bizarrely funny, many people voiced their frustrations with people getting tattoos in a language they don’t understand just to be ‘trendy’

The Way Ariana Grande 'Fixed' Her Japanese BBQ Tattoo Fail Is Making All Japanese People Cringe

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In an attempt to fix her mistake and Grande posted this conversation with her Japanese tutor

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But still failed…

The Way Ariana Grande 'Fixed' Her Japanese BBQ Tattoo Fail Is Making All Japanese People Cringe

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Instead of adding the (指) symbol (or finger) above the tattoo, as her tutor had suggested, she added it directly under the (七) character. Well following the rules of reading Japanese, her “BBQ Grill” correction turned into (七輪指♡) – “Japanese BBQ finger.”

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As you can imagine people in the comments showed no mercy over her “correction”

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I'm a Visual Editor at Bored Panda since 2017. I've searched through a multitude of images to create over 2000 diverse posts on a wide range of topics. I love memes, funny, and cute stuff, but I'm also into social issues topics. Despite my background in communication, my heart belongs to visual media, especially photography. When I'm not at my desk, you're likely to find me in the streets with my camera, checking out cool exhibitions, watching a movie at the cinema or just chilling with a coffee in a cozy place

I'm a Visual Editor at Bored Panda since 2017. I've searched through a multitude of images to create over 2000 diverse posts on a wide range of topics. I love memes, funny, and cute stuff, but I'm also into social issues topics. Despite my background in communication, my heart belongs to visual media, especially photography. When I'm not at my desk, you're likely to find me in the streets with my camera, checking out cool exhibitions, watching a movie at the cinema or just chilling with a coffee in a cozy place

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diane a 5 years ago

Cultural Appropriation police again. Look at the earlier post of Chinese people wearing clothing bearing English wording which they don't understand but like the look of.. Are WE insulted ? No - just mildly amused. Why are people offended if someone has a foreign symbol tattoo - as long as it isnt intentionally disrespectful to that culture.

43points

Cesi Baca 5 years ago

Yes that’s true. There are whole websites dedicated to the crazy (sometimes vulgar) English phrases you will see East Asian proudly wearing on t shirts.

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Amina Hays 5 years ago

Thank you!

4points

Rafaella Bueno 5 years ago

People just think foreign words are "cool". Look at all the korean and japanese songs full of gratuitous english that often doesn't even make sense. Play any JRPG or watch some anime and will no doubt find a bunch of terms written in random foreign languages (sometimes properly, sometimes not). It's just a thing people do.

3points

Toe beans 5 years ago

Totally true... Ive always liked the idea of tattoos in other languages, if I got a chinese tattoo it would feel more personal because basically only I would know what it means, because all my friends speak english

2points

Pinky Pop 5 years ago

Could be worse, could read donut licker.....

18points

libby D 5 years ago

Haha so true.

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Rage Racer 5 years ago

This is karma for that time she licked a donut in a shop with no intention to pay for it, got caught and threw a celebrity fit, and said "I hate America". The place that gave her the opportunity to be a celebrity in the first place. Proof you cannot buy class.

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diane a 5 years ago

Cultural Appropriation police again. Look at the earlier post of Chinese people wearing clothing bearing English wording which they don't understand but like the look of.. Are WE insulted ? No - just mildly amused. Why are people offended if someone has a foreign symbol tattoo - as long as it isnt intentionally disrespectful to that culture.

43points

Cesi Baca 5 years ago

Yes that’s true. There are whole websites dedicated to the crazy (sometimes vulgar) English phrases you will see East Asian proudly wearing on t shirts.

16points

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Amina Hays 5 years ago

Thank you!

4points

Rafaella Bueno 5 years ago

People just think foreign words are "cool". Look at all the korean and japanese songs full of gratuitous english that often doesn't even make sense. Play any JRPG or watch some anime and will no doubt find a bunch of terms written in random foreign languages (sometimes properly, sometimes not). It's just a thing people do.

3points

Toe beans 5 years ago

Totally true... Ive always liked the idea of tattoos in other languages, if I got a chinese tattoo it would feel more personal because basically only I would know what it means, because all my friends speak english

2points

Pinky Pop 5 years ago

Could be worse, could read donut licker.....

18points

libby D 5 years ago

Haha so true.

2points

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Rage Racer 5 years ago

This is karma for that time she licked a donut in a shop with no intention to pay for it, got caught and threw a celebrity fit, and said "I hate America". The place that gave her the opportunity to be a celebrity in the first place. Proof you cannot buy class.

10points

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