タトゥー

Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tattoo, from earlier tattaow, tattow, from a Polynesian language.

Noun

タトゥー • (tatū) 

  1. synonym of いれずみ (irezumi, “image made in the skin with ink and a needle”)

Verb

タトゥーする • (tatū suru) suru (stem タトゥーし (tatū shi), past タトゥーした (tatū shita))

  1. synonym of いれずみ (irezumi, “to tattoo”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tattoo, from earlier tap-to, from Dutch taptoe, from tap (“tap; faucet on a cask”) + toe (“to; shut”).

Noun

タトゥー • (tatū) 

  1. (military) tattoo (military display or pageant)

References

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