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変態性 (へんたいせい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

変へん態たい性せい

Meanings

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noun

sexual perversion

Refers to the quality or state of being sexually perverted; often used in psychological or descriptive contexts.

彼かれの行こう動どうは変へん態たい性せいを帯おびていると非ひ難なんされた。
His behavior was criticized as having a quality of sexual perversion.

Kanji

変unusual, change, strange
態attitude, condition, figure
性sex, gender, nature

Similar words

変へん態たい
変態 is a more common and broader term for 'pervert' or 'abnormality', while 変態性 specifically refers to the abstract quality or nature of perversion.

Etymology

Compound of 変態 (hentai, 'abnormality, perversion') + 性 (sei, '-ness, nature'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common pattern for forming abstract nouns.