Gloassary

• Irezumi (also pronounced bunshin) -- tattoo (noun or verb)
• Horimono (literally carving, engraving) -- tattoo. This is another word for traditional Japanese tattoos.
• Horishi -- a tattoo artist.
• Bokukei, bokkei -- punishment by tattooing.
• Tebori (Literally to carve by hand) -- describes the technique of tattooing by hand.
• Hanebori (literally to carve with a feather) -- a hand-tattooing tecnhique employing a feathering motion.
• Tsuki-bori (-- a hand-tattooing tecnhique emplying a thrusting motion.
• Kakushibori (literally hidden carving) -- tattooing near the armpits, the inside of the thighs and other "hidden" body areas. Also refers to the tattooing of hidden words, for example among the petals of flowers.
• Kebori -- the tattooing of fine lines or of hair on tattooed figures.
• Sujibori -- outlining, the outline of a tattoo.
• Shakki -- the sound needles make when they puncture the skin.
• Irebokuro -- from ire or ireru, which means to insert, and bokuro or hokuro, a beauty spot
• Yobori -- "Yo" (European) tattooing. The Japanese-English slang term for tattooing done with the Machine.
• Sumi -- The ink used to tattoo, traditionally mixed by the apprentice
• Hikae -- Chest panel tattoo
• Nagasode -- Arm tattoo, to the wrist
• Shichibu -- Tattoo 7/10ths of the sleeve to the forearm
• Gobu -- Tattoo 5/10ths of the sleeve to above the elbow