"tattoo" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to artwork that has been permanently applied to a person's skin with a needle. For example, "Although she doesn't have any visible tattoos, she designed one for herself in a sketchbook."
For all that his summer ended with a World Cup medal round his neck and a large tattoo of the trophy on his left shoulder (no matter that he saw not a single minute of Brazil-based action), it started pretty poorly for Kevin Grosskreutz.
In 2012, the singer Erykah Badu was banned from performing in Malaysia because of a tattoo containing the Arabic for Allah, which the authorities deemed offensive.
When Lagardère's communications head questioned the tattoo photos the billionaire dismissed his comments.
And last April a British woman was deported from Sri Lanka because of a prominent tattoo of Buddha on her arm.
In Japan they have a rich artistic history, but also a long association with the Yakuza, Japan's equivalent of the mafia, which means that some public areas (such as swimming baths) have a "no tattoo" policy which may be extended to foreigners.
If you can't keep the tattoo out of the sun for the first month or so, you should coat it in an Irish-child grade of sun cream.
On the inside of his left arm, Turner has a tattoo: a black outline of a Yorkshire rose with "Sheffield" inked out in capital letters underneath.
The waitress with the henna tattoo sends us to the Palace Hotel for dinner, which is how we end up in a dining room, sitting between miners and drag queens.
But the site doesn't stop there, it also features a selection of videos from a tea maker in Shizuoka, Japan, creating sencha tea, to tattoo artist Xed Le enjoying his favourite tea.
In fact, it was to show the tattoo of Domenica's name on the inside of his arm.
Vincent takes a break from sewing to ask me to rub argan oil into a fresh tattoo of a 1940s deep-sea diver that covers half his back.
