noun
traditional Japanese tattooing; wabori
Refers to the traditional Japanese style of tattooing, often featuring motifs like dragons, koi, and cherry blossoms, done by hand (tebori) or machine.
彼は背中に和彫りの龍を入れている。
He has a traditional Japanese dragon tattoo on his back.
和彫りは海外でも人気がある。
Traditional Japanese tattooing is popular overseas as well.
Compound of 和 (wa, 'Japanese') and 彫り (hori, 'carving' or 'engraving'), from 彫る (horu, 'to carve').