刺青

しせい

Also written いれずみ

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing See also: 入れ墨 (いれずみ).

Kanji

• 刺 pierce. Read as シ.
• 青 blue. Read as セイ.

Example sentences

• 刺青があるの？
  Do you have a tattoo?
• 日本の温泉に入湯が許されるよう、トムは小さな蜘蛛の刺青の上にバンドエイドを貼った。
  Tom put a Band-Aid over his small tattoo of a spider so he would be allowed into a Japanese hot spring.
• トムは体中に刺青がある。
  Tom has tattoos all over his body.

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