性欲・性慾|せいよくseiyoku[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounsexual desire; sex drive; lust
   気きになる男性だんせいの性欲せいよくを刺激しげきするにはどうすればよいのでしょうか？↗

   What should I do to arouse desire in the man I'm interested in?

• Synonym情欲じょうよくWrittenWritten and literary: sexual passion between a man and a woman. 「性欲」 is the neutral everyday word.
• Synonym色欲しきよくWrittenLust for sensual beauty, with Buddhist and moral overtones; 「性欲」 is the plain, objective term.
• Synonym淫欲いんよくWrittenWritten and strongly derogatory: lewd, depraved desire. 「性欲」 is neutral and objective.
• Synonym肉欲にくよくWrittenBodily desire as opposed to the spiritual; derogatory. 「性欲」 is neutral, objective, and common in daily use.
• Related愛欲あいよくWrittenWritten: clinging attachment in which love and desire intertwine; found mainly in literature and Buddhist writing.
• Related好色こうしょくNeutralLechery; describes a person, man or woman, who lusts after pleasure. 「性欲」 refers to the desire itself.
• Related獣欲じゅうよくWrittenWritten and strongly derogatory: brutish, animal-like desire — far harsher than neutral 「性欲」.
• Related色情しきじょうWrittenSexual lust, but today mostly in compounds such as 「色情狂」 rather than standing alone.
• Related劣情れつじょうWrittenWritten and derogatory: base, contemptible lust, as in 「劣情を催す」.
• Related欲情よくじょうWrittenDesire or passion; as 「欲情する」 it means to feel sexual desire — blunter than 「性欲」.

Use 「性欲」 for neutral, objective talk of sexual desire. For a literary tone pick 「情欲」; for a negative nuance 「肉欲」 or 「劣情」; 「淫欲」 and 「獣欲」 are harsher still. 「色欲」 and 「愛欲」 carry Buddhist or literary coloring. To describe a person as lecherous use 「好色」; 「色情」 appears mostly in compounds, and 「欲情する」 means to be aroused.

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1. 動物どうぶつが性的せいてきな満足まんぞくを求もとめようとする欲求よっきゅう。