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Author:  ted kopper [ Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:00 pm ]
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What is the translation of the kanji on this kitty?
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Author:  psilo110 [ Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:04 pm ]
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真 - "shin", it means real or true...

at least this is what I have been lead to believe.
Author:  ted kopper [ Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:20 pm ]
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that helps, thanks!
Author:  psilo110 [ Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:31 pm ]
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so if you got one of those and one with a heart coin for your girl for valentines day, you win!

that's actually what got me into Real x Head last year... and subsequently how I found my way here a month later.
Author:  ted kopper [ Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:35 pm ]
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lol yea, I have a box of about 20 kitties. I could've swore I had one with a heart symbol to give to that special someone, but I guess not. I did find a kitty with a red collar and ^that symbol up there which should suffice.... But I was really hoping this symbol meant love or something like that haha
Author:  psilo110 [ Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:41 pm ]
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愛 - "ai" would be love. Lulubell makes those.
Author:  The Moog [ Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:04 am ]
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Personally I always liked Shef's choice of Kanji on the coin – 夢 Dream
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RxH Neko Jellys by The Moog Image Dump, on Flickr

I find Kanji fascinating . . . . Datadub wrote this a while ago . . . .

Shinto Gangu = RxH store in Aoto, Tokyo.

Shin（真）meaning Real or True
To (頭) meaning Head
Gangu (玩具) which is the traditional Japanese word for Toy.

Most of the fortune cats have either a single Shin character or the 2 characters for Shinto on them.
This shouldn't be confused with Shinto (神道 Shintō) which is the natural spirituality of Japan and the Japanese people.
Author:  sbbenhcs [ Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:09 am ]
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i seem to remember something about this being a different rxh store, but i could be (and likely am) wrong about that.
(but all my eel cats have this on the coin...)
Author:  psilo110 [ Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:07 am ]
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citing Datadub again, the original cats were sold at Alrt. Tokyo and had 柴又 Shibamata, which is where the store is located. The eels sold elsewhere have 青砥 Aoto on them.
Author:  Joe [ Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:22 am ]
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ted koppel wrote:
lol yea, I have a box of about 20 kitties. I could've swore I had one with a heart symbol to give to that special someone, but I guess not. I did find a kitty with a red collar and ^that symbol up there which should suffice.... But I was really hoping this symbol meant love or something like that haha

Just tell her it it's "Real" & "True" love. :wink:
Author:  ted kopper [ Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:21 pm ]
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Joe wrote:
ted koppel wrote:
lol yea, I have a box of about 20 kitties. I could've swore I had one with a heart symbol to give to that special someone, but I guess not. I did find a kitty with a red collar and ^that symbol up there which should suffice.... But I was really hoping this symbol meant love or something like that haha

Just tell her it it's "Real" & "True" love. :wink:

haha, exactly!
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