Abbreviation of エロチック or エロチシズム. Used as a na-adjective or noun for sexually explicit content.
perverted; horny; dirty
Prefix use for describing a person or thing as lewd or perverted. Often in compounds like エロ親父 (dirty old man).
He secretly keeps porn magazines.
He likes erotic talk.
あの映画はちょっとエロすぎる。
That movie is a bit too erotic.
Please stop the dirty talk.
You're thinking something dirty, aren't you?
That boss is really perverted.
I caught my little brother looking at porn.
猥褻 is a formal, often legal term for obscenity, whereas エロ is the everyday, casual word for erotic content.
変態 implies genuinely deviant or abnormal sexual behavior, while エロ (as a person-describing prefix) is milder, often joking slang for someone lewd.
清純 describes someone or something pure and innocent, the opposite image of エロ (erotic/lewd).
エロ (erotic) and グロ (grotesque/gory) are often paired as エロ・グロ in media discussion but describe completely different kinds of content.
erotic
purely sexual love; highly sexual love
pornographic book; erotic book; hentai comic
dirty old man; pervert; lecher
erotic pic; dirty picture
extreme eroticism; something very erotic
non-nude erotica
horny drunkard
erotic photograph; pornographic picture
Abbreviation of エロチック (erotic) or エロチシズム (eroticism), from English 'erotic'.
erotic manga; pornographic manga
erotic picture; pornographic image