Two Characters
Peace. Courage. Freedom — two characters each.
Two characters side by side create a beautiful rhythm of balance and negative space. Peace, Courage, Freedom — they hold their shape even printed large, and the meaning still reads at a glance. The sweet spot between legibility and form; a gift-worthy classic and a great first shirt.
Design one
Words in this category
Vertical & English-off, too
On the design page you can toggle the English line on or off and switch between horizontal and vertical writing. The shirt above is vertical, kanji-only; the gallery above shows the horizontal + English version.
Colours, fonts & effects, too
Mix and match the shirt colour, 26 Japanese fonts, and a text effect — outline, gold, camo, shadow and more. Here are a few favourites.
Black · Mincho · Gold
Navy · Gothic · Outline
Stone · Brush · Camo
White · Pixel · Rainbow
See honest Japanese reactions first
Before you print, see how your phrase is likely to land in Japan—broken down by six age-and-gender groups. It surfaces not only “Cool,” “Cute,” and “LOL,” but also the honest “Hmm” and “Meh,” so you never end up with an unintentionally odd Japanese tee. As soon as you type your text, a round reaction badge appears right on the shirt in the design-page preview—tap it to open all six honest takes.
Example: reactions to “平和 (Peace)”
I could see this working across age groups.
Not bad, just a little too explanatory.