スキンヘッド

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English skinhead.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) キンヘッド [sùkíńhéꜜddò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sɨkʲĩɰ̃he̞d̚d̥o̞]

Noun

スキンヘッド • (sukinheddo

  1. person with a shaved head
  2. skinhead

Usage notes

This term is often used to refer to a closely shaved head and ordinarily carries no associations with racist subculture.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN