入れ墨

Japanese

Kanji in this term
入	墨
い Grade: 1	すみ > ずみ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

入れ (ire, “putting in; inking in”) +‎ 墨 (sumi, “ink”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) いれずみ [ìrézúmí] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [iɾe̞zɨᵝmʲi]

Noun

入れ墨 (hiragana いれずみ, rōmaji 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

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