How to say "horny" in Japanese
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- noun (prefix)Covers the 'horny' sense of lewd, dirty, or perverted. Often applied to dirty jokes, lewd content, or someone with a dirty mind rather than to one's own aroused state.
- 悶々もんもんadverb (with と), suru verbExpresses being horny as restless sexual frustration one feels inwardly; being worked up and unable to do anything about it. A colloquial word that is less common, typically used about one's own state.
Use 「エロ」 for 'horny' in the sense of lewd or perverted (often describing content, jokes, or a dirty mind), and 悶々 for the feeling of restless sexual frustration in oneself.
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