[noun] [U] - a treatment for pain or illness, originally from ancient Japan, in which particular places on the body are pressedShiatsu and acupuncture both use the same pressure points on the body, but in shiatsu, you apply pressure with the hands and in acupuncture, you push thin needles into the skin.
SHIATSU
Meaning of SHIATSU in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012