Why Do People Get Kanji Kanatana Tattoos?

I woke up this morning wondering again why Americans get Japanese lettering/words tattooed on their calves, necks, arms, backs or any other body part. This seems a bit odd to me considering we live in America where virtually no one speaks, let alone reads, either language. Don’t people get tattoos of things people know about to show them off? When I look at these tattoos, it’s nothing but lines, and I’m not going to ask every single person I see with one of these tattoos what it means. After Googling…
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