ファッションタトゥー

noun

fashion tattoo; non-traditional tattoo; Western-style tattoo

A wasei-eigo term for a small, decorative tattoo, often in a Western style, as opposed to traditional Japanese irezumi. Typically implies a lighter, more casual approach to tattooing.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from fashion tattoo

• 彼かの女じょは手て首くびに小ちいさなファッションタトゥーを入いれている。

  She has a small fashion tattoo on her wrist.

• 最さい近きんはファッションタトゥーを入いれる若わか者ものが増ふえている。

  Recently, more young people are getting fashion tattoos.