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淫

lewdness, licentiousness

StatusJōyō · secondary schoolStrokes11

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

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  • 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)

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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.