Reader Neko emails:
"One of my friends from high school recently got this tattoo. She claims it means 'Eternal Love'. I found 'Eternal' in my books, but could not find anything even closely resembling her version of love. Is it a translation I simply haven't seen before? I did end up finding a 'flash' version of this same thing online somewhere, but since I only saw it once, and it was flash.. I'm having a hard time believing. I'd love to get your input on it. :)" The top character
永 means "long, perpetual, eternal, forever". The bottom character
疼 even though sometimes it is used to describe "dote, doting", but most often it means "aches, pains, sore".
Morals of the Story: Buyers Beware.