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.
He has a traditional Japanese dragon tattoo on his back.
Traditional Japanese tattooing is popular overseas as well.
Standard kanji spelling for traditional Japanese tattooing.
Abbreviated kanji form; marked as search-only.
Compound of 和 (wa, 'Japanese') and 彫り (hori, 'carving' or 'engraving'), from 彫る (horu, 'to carve').