いれずみ
Japanese
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 入れ墨 入墨 刺青 文身 黥 (rare) |
Etymology
入れ (ire, continuative form of 入れる (ireru, “to put in”)) + 墨 (sumi, “ink”). The sumi changes to zumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
いれずみ • (irezumi)
- a tattoo (an image made in the skin with ink and a needle)
- いれずみをする
- irezumi o suru
- to tattoo
- いれずみをする
- a punishment in which a criminals were given a tattoo as a mark of their criminal record
Derived terms
- 入れ墨者 (irezumimono)
See also
- 墨入れ (sumiire)
Verb
いれずみする • (irezumi suru) suru (stem いれずみし (irezumi shi), past いれずみした (irezumi shita))
- to tattoo
- 1948, 野村胡堂, 銭形平次捕物控 怪盗系図[1], 青空文庫:
- 身体は華奢な方ですが、二の腕に賽の目の三が入墨してあるところを見ると、間違いなく斑組六人男の一人でなければなりません。
- Karada wa kyasha na hō desu ga, ni no ude ni sai no me no san ga irezumi shite aru tokoro o miru to, machigai naku Madara-gumi rokunin otoko no hitori de nakereba narimasen.
- He is of slender build, but considering the fact that he has a three face of a die tattooed on his upper arm, he must be, without a doubt, one of the six men of the Madara ring.
- 身体は華奢な方ですが、二の腕に賽の目の三が入墨してあるところを見ると、間違いなく斑組六人男の一人でなければなりません。
Conjugation
Conjugation of "いれずみする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | いれずみし | irezumi shi | ||
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | いれずみし | irezumi shi | ||
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | いれずみする | irezumi suru | ||
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | いれずみする | irezumi suru | ||
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | いれずみすれ | irezumi sure | ||
| Meireikei ("imperative") | いれずみせよ¹ いれずみしろ² |
irezumi seyo¹ irezumi shiro² | ||
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | いれずみされる | irezumi sareru | ||
| Causative | いれずみさせる いれずみさす |
irezumi saseru irezumi sasu | ||
| Potential | いれずみできる | irezumi dekiru | ||
| Volitional | いれずみしよう | irezumi shiyō | ||
| Negative | いれずみしない | irezumi shinai | ||
| Negative continuative | いれずみせず | irezumi sezu | ||
| Formal | いれずみします | irezumi shimasu | ||
| Perfective | いれずみした | irezumi shita | ||
| Conjunctive | いれずみして | irezumi shite | ||
| Hypothetical conditional | いれずみすれば | irezumi sureba | ||
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||