黥げい首しゅ

noun

tattooing the forehead of a criminal (Edo-period punishment)

Historical term for a specific Edo-period penal practice; not used in modern Japanese outside historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、罪ざい人にんの額ひたいに黥げい首しゅを施ほどこす刑けい罰ばつがあった。

  In the Edo period, there was a punishment of tattooing the forehead of criminals.