瘢はん痕こん文ぶん身しん

noun

scarification; decorative scarring

A technical term for the practice of creating permanent designs on the skin by cutting or burning, rather than by tattooing with ink. Rare in everyday language; more commonly described as 瘢痕形成 or explained descriptively.

• 瘢はん痕こん文ぶん身しんは、一いち部ぶの文ぶん化かで成せい人じん儀ぎ礼れいとして行おこなわれてきた。

  Scarification has been practiced as a rite of passage in some cultures.