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1. Tattoos
   Tattoos used to be done manually — that is, the tattoo artist would puncture the skin with a needle and inject the ink by hand. Though this process is still used in some parts of the world, most tattoo shops use a tattoo machine these days. A tattoo machine is a handheld electric instrument that uses a tube and needle system. On one end is a sterilized needle, which is attached to tubes that contain ink. A foot switch is used to turn on the machine, which moves the needle in and out while driving the ink about 1/8 inch (about 3 millimeters) into your skin.
2. Tattoos -- Tattooing
   Tattoos have been in existence for centuries, though each culture has used it differently for different purposes and in varied styles. Some used them as ornaments, others for religious icons and yet others for personal reasons. The word tattoo... comes from the Tahitian tatu or to mark something.
3. Japanese -- Traditional Japanese
   Traditional Japanese music consisting of flutes are performed by artists. The Japanese wedding ceremony is conducted by a Shinto priest who first begins by purifying the couple. After the purification and vows are performed, the ancient wedding custom of sharing sake called "san san kudo" is performed.
4. Japanese -- Japanese Kanji
   The complexity of Japanese symbols meanings cannot be stressed enough. Japanese Kanji characters, for example, do not translate directly to English words and very rarely will you be able to define a Japanese Kanji symbol with just one English word.
5. Japanese -- Addition
   Popular animal subjects in Japanese tattoo designs come from all sorts of categories. They often portray the animals in the Chinese horoscope: the dog, the rat, the rooster, the dragon, the tiger, the goat, the horse, the pig, the ox, the monkey and the snake. In addition to these creatures, Chinese dragons, gibbons, spiders, fish (like the very popular koi fish); birds and foxes are commonly featured Japanese pictures. If you’re looking to make a truly breathtaking design, consider the octopus, a bonsai tree, or cherry blossoms.
6. Japanese -- People
   Unlike young people in other countries, Japanese kids and young people have few online friends. Japanese kids aged 8-14 have only one online friend they haven't met, compared to a global average of 5, while Japanese teenagers have only seven online friends they haven't met -- compared to a global average of 20. Japanese teens ... used IM and email the least out of the 16 countries surveyed.
7. Kanji -- Japanese Kanji
   Kanji is the term for Chinese characters that are used in the Japanese language. There are two different types of characters that are used in written Japanese: kana, which includes the types of writing known as hiragana and katakana, and kanji. All written Japanese evolved from written Chinese, and were modified to create the different sounds of the Japanese language. Kanji in Japanese are typically characters from the Chinese language that have been adapted to mean Japanese words. The meanings in Chinese and Japanese can be the same but pronounced differently, or they may have entirely different meanings. Some kanji were developed in Japan and are not seen in the Chinese language at all.
8. Anouk -- Singer
   Dutch singer Anouk has a traditional Japanese tattooed sleeve of peony flowers on her right arm, from her shoulder to her wrist. This is a great sleeve, showing work of exceptional quality. Anouk ... has a crescent moon shaped design on lower right belly.
9. Tommy Lee
   Tommy Lee is a metahuman criminal villain who was used in Level Three as an experimental subject by Lionel Luthor. Unlike the later Level 33.1 the program on the experimentation on the meteor-afflicted run by Lionel's son Lex Luthor which derived from Level Three, Tommy Lee was a volunteer subject. He was given luxuries like gourmet food and satellite TV in exchange for receiving three dosages a day of a LuthorCorp-developed kryptonite serum that was designed to boost his power. That power being his ability to project electrical energy blasts. However, he has to absorb energy from an electrical device to recharge. Once his usefulness was exhausted, he was cast out into the street, without support, still addicted to the serum.
10. Angelina -- Work
    Her lower back had some tribal-style work, a window design and a small dragon, but Angelina then had a large Asian-style tiger tattooed there. The work was done in the traditional Thai hand-tattoo style with the tattooist using a manual needle. It fits in around the previous tattooing.

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