好色|こうしょくkoushoku[0]heiban (flat)

1. na-adjective, no-adjectivelasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness
   「好色こうしょくと倒錯とうさくの違ちがいとは？」「好色こうしょくなら羽はねを使つかうが、倒錯とうさくなら鶏にわとりをまるごと使つかう」↗

   "What's the difference between erotic and kinky?" "Erotic is when you use a feather and kinky is when you use a whole chicken."

• RelatedエロCasualColloquial. Refers to the erotic or pornographic and to lechery; blunter and coarser than 「好色」.
• Related性欲せいよくNeutralNeutral. Sexual desire itself, used in ordinary contexts; carries no judgement on character, unlike 「好色」.
• Related愛欲あいよくWrittenWritten/formal. Attachment or craving for people or things; not specifically about lechery.
• Related肉欲にくよくWrittenWritten/formal. Carnal desire — the bodily urge itself, not a trait of character.
• Related淫奔いんぽんWrittenWritten/formal and rare. Sexual indulgence, centred on behaviour.
• Related淫乱いんらんWrittenWritten/formal. Given over to lewd conduct; mostly used of women.
• Related情欲じょうよくWrittenWritten/formal. Desire for love between man and woman; points to the urge itself.
• Related色欲しきよくWrittenWritten/formal. Sexual desire, as in 「色欲に溺れる」; the desire itself, not a disposition.
• Related淫欲いんよくWrittenWritten/formal and rare. Lewd desire itself.
• RelatedふしだらCasualColloquial. Implies lack of restraint — a loose lifestyle or messy relations between the sexes.
• Related淫らみだらWrittenWritten/formal. Lewd, indecent behaviour; about conduct, where 「好色」 describes a disposition.
• Related淫蕩いんとうWrittenWritten/formal. Wallowing in wine and sensual pleasure; a stronger degree than 「好色」.
• Related淫靡いんびWrittenWritten/formal. Decadent, salacious atmosphere or mores; describes scenes rather than people.
• Related色情しきじょうNeutralNeutral. Sexual passion or feeling, fairly abstract; 「好色」 describes a person's disposition.
• Related劣情れつじょうWrittenWritten/formal. Base, contemptible lust with a condemnatory tone; 「好色」 stresses fondness for the erotic.
• Related欲情よくじょうWrittenWritten/formal. Sexual desire or greed in general — a passing urge; 「好色」 is a settled disposition.
• Related色好みいろごのみWrittenWritten/formal. Synonymous with 「好色」, and can also mean an appreciation of elegance and refinement.
• Related多淫たいんWrittenWritten/formal and rare. Strong sexual appetite; 「好色」 stresses the disposition to seek out the erotic.
• Antonym禁欲きんよくWrittenWritten/formal. Curbing desire, especially sexual; the opposite of 「好色」.

「好色」 is written prose for a lecherous disposition, as in 「好色漢」 or 「好色な目」. In speech say 「エロ」 or 「スケベ」. For the desire itself use 「性欲」 or 「色欲」; 「禁欲」 is its opposite.

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1. 色事いろごとを好このむこと。また、そのさま。色好いろごのみ。