淫
lewdness, licentiousness
Readings
On'yomi
- イン
Kun'yomi
- ひた.す
- ほしいまま
- みだ.ら
- みだ.れる
- みだり
Meaning
淫 centers on excessive, unrestrained indulgence, especially in sensual or sexual contexts: lewdness and licentiousness.
Most common words using 淫
20 of 60- 淫乱いんらん
debauched; lewd; lascivious; lecherous; salacious; wild
- 淫夢いんむ
lewd dream; salacious fantasy
- 売淫ばいいん
prostitution
- 淫らみだら
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper; dirty
- 淫語いんご
indecent language; dirty talk
- 淫行いんこう
obscenity; harlotry
- 淫いん
licentiousness
- 淫魔いんま
incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream
- 淫獣いんじゅう
lustful beast; lascivious monster
- 姦淫かんいん
adultery; fornication; illicit intercourse
- 手淫しゅいん
masturbation; onanism
- 淫靡いんび
obscene; indecent; salacious; lascivious; lewd
- 催淫さいいん
arousing sexual desire
- 淫欲いんよく
sexual desire; carnal desire; lust
- 淫猥いんわい
obscenity; obscene
- 淫蕩いんとう
debauchery; dissipation; lewdness; lasciviousness
- 邪淫じゃいん
lewdness
- 淫売いんばい
prostitution; prostitute
- 淫女いんじょ
lascivious woman; lewd woman
- 上淫じょういん
being romantically involved with someone of higher class (esp. of a man)
Study
Etymology
淫 combines 氵 (water) with 㸒, which likely contributes the sound and carries a sense of overflowing or excess. The idea is water spreading beyond its bounds, metaphorically applied to excessive desire.
Meaning mnemonic
Water 氵 overflowing its container suggests something spilling out of control. Picture a flood of unrestrained desire: lewdness and licentiousness.
Reading mnemonic
For イン, imagine an inn where water overflows and guests indulge in lewd behavior: inn -> イン.