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Japanese
Etymology
入れ (ire, continuative form of 入れる (ireru, “to put in”)) + 墨 (sumi, “ink”). The sumi changes to zumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
いれずみ • (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
- a punishment in which a criminals were given a tattoo as a mark of their criminal record
Derived terms
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Verb
いれずみする • (irezumi suru) suru (stem いれずみし (irezumi shi), past いれずみした (irezumi shita))
- to tattoo
1948, 野村胡堂, 銭形平次捕物控 怪盗系図, 青空文庫:
- 身体は華奢な方ですが、二の腕に賽の目の三が入墨してあるところを見ると、間違いなく斑組六人男の一人でなければなりません。
- Karada wa kyasha na hō desu ga, ni no ude ni sai no me no san ga irezumi shite aru tokoro o miru to, machigai naku Madara-gumi rokunin otoko no hitori de nakereba narimasen.
- He is of slender build, but considering the fact that he has a three face of a die tattooed on his upper arm, he must be, without a doubt, one of the six men of the Madara ring.
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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いれずみし
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irezumi shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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いれずみし
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irezumi shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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いれずみする
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irezumi suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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いれずみする
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irezumi suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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いれずみすれ
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irezumi sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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いれずみせよ¹ いれずみしろ²
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irezumi seyo¹ irezumi shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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いれずみされる
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irezumi sareru
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Causative
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いれずみさせる いれずみさす
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irezumi saseru irezumi sasu
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Potential
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いれずみできる
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irezumi dekiru
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Volitional
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いれずみしよう
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irezumi shiyō
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Negative
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いれずみしない
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irezumi shinai
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Negative continuative
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いれずみせず
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irezumi sezu
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Formal
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いれずみします
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irezumi shimasu
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Perfective
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いれずみした
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irezumi shita
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Conjunctive
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いれずみして
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irezumi shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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いれずみすれば
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irezumi sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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