タトゥー

Japanese

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) タ​トゥー [táꜜtùù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠tɯ̟ᵝː]

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 suru shi), past タトゥーした (tatū suru 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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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