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Japanese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English tattoo, from earlier tattaow, tattow, from a Polynesian language.
Noun
タトゥー • (tatū)
- 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))
- 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)
- (military) tattoo (military display or pageant)
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