スキンヘッド

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English skinhead.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) スキンヘ​ッド [sùkíńhéꜜddò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝkʲĩɰ̃he̞d̚d̥o̞]

Noun

スキンヘッド • (sukinheddo) 

  1. person with a shaved head
  2. skinhead

Usage notes

This term is often used to refer to a closely shaved head and ordinarily carries no associations with racist subculture.

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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