I want to put a few things on each arm.

Left Arm:
Honor
Courage
Commitment

Right Arm:
Family
Love
Loyalty


Lets see what you guys come up with.

I am waiting for my wifes uncle to get back in touch with us. He is a Japanese History Professor, but we haven't been able to get a hold of him yet.

 

of the OP

 

stop your man crush already!

 

There are many Kanji for the same words, each carrying slightly different meaning depending on context. Kanji really doesnt work by itself and requires context.
Really none of these words work outside a sentence, and would just look odd to a Japanese. I did however give the best Kanji, that best gives the correct English meaning.

Direct translations dont work on any language that doesnt use the roman alphabet. Do not rely on the anything from a website, only use a Japanese native to make sure.

I'm sure your Japanese friend will have other advice, but I would think he see these as correct as it can be and still make sense in translation and to a native Japanese. I should mention I'm not Japanese, just a white kid from Texas, so do a bit of self checking.

Left Arm:
Honor ---- 容 -- really means "face", but it the closes to the english idea of honor you can get.
Courage---- 兵 -- really means "strong man; honor" it too is the closest to what we think courage to mean in english.
Commitment ---- 注力 (although 志操堅固 is likely to ideal meaning you want commitment to mean) This one really doesnt work too well by itself.

Right Arm:
Family ---- 豪族 (technically "powerful family") anything else, doesnt make sense without context, it too doesnt work too well by itself.
Love ---愛 (doesnt really make sense by itself, and really is just silly and properly gay if a Japanese is reading this on a men. )
Loyalty---- 忠勇 (really "loyalty and bravery, loyalty by itself really doesnt carry the meaning your after in Japanese)

 

http://www.orientaloutpost.com/

use the calligraphy search function to find the english equivalent.

 

The others seem to be right.

 

Well it depends. Like 兵 does mean soldier if use in as a pronoun, but by itself it should be "man of courage"

Same goes for the others, it depends on context. But I'll admit I'm no expert on the subject.

 

I want to put a few things on each arm.

Left Arm:
Honor 名誉
Courage 勇気 (courage, bravery, valor, nerve, boldness)
勇 (courage, bravery)
Commitment コミットメント

Right Arm:
Family ファミリ
Love 愛 or 恋 (Both mean Love)
Loyalty イヤルティー
Loyalty, Sincerity 忠誠

 

Soldier 兵士
Soldier Warrior 兵
soldier, military personnel 軍人
I know of nine variations for soldier depending how used, this is just three.

 

I'm tempted to do it again. But it cost me last time...

 

The first one is soldier warrior. GL with the rest.

 

Very difficult! Like mention I would make it into a prase or short saying so that it reads the way you want!

 

4+ years later, I hope his wife's uncle has gotten back to him by now.

 

I actually referenced the same characters as last time because we're 4 years away from the OP.