色気|いろけiroke[3]odaka (tail-high)

1. nouncolouring; coloring; shade of colour (color)
2. nounsex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; sexual allure; seductiveness
   彼女かのじょはお色気いろけたっぷりだ。↗

   She is loaded with sex appeal.
3. nouninterest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; sexual urge
   色気いろけより食い気くいけ。↗

   Fair words fill not the belly.
4. nouncharm; elegance; romance; graciousness
5. nounfeminine presence
6. noundesire; interest; ambition; inclination

• Related魅力みりょくNeutralThe broadest word for charm or appeal, not limited to sexiness. 「色気」 stresses sexual allure between the sexes, and can also mean interest in something.
• Related蠱惑こわくWrittenA written/formal word for bewitchment: allure so seductive it leaves people dazed, with a hint of danger.
• Relatedうっとりさせる美しさNeutralAn explanatory phrase for entrancing beauty, of people or scenery alike; carries no sense of sexual desire or craving.
• Antonym無関心むかんしんNeutralMeans having no interest; the opposite of 「色気」 in its sense of taking interest in, or desiring, something.

Use 「色気」 for sex appeal, allure to the opposite sex, or being tempted by a chance or gain, as in 「色気がある」, 「色気より食い気」, 「色気を出す」. For general charm say 「魅力」; for dangerously seductive beauty, 「蠱惑」. The opposite is 「無関心」.

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1. 色合いろあい。
2. 風情ふぜい。趣おもむき。
3. 興味きょうみ。関心かんしん。欲求よっきゅう。
4. 野心やしん。
5. 女おんなっけ。艶なまめかしさ。
6. 異性いせいに対たいする興味きょうみ、関心かんしん。