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性典 (せいてん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

性せい典てん

せ

い

て

ん

Meanings

1

noun

sex manual; book on sex; encyclopedia of sex

Refers to a book or manual that provides information about sex, often in an educational or reference context.

彼かれは性せい典てんを読よんで性せいについて学まなんだ。
He read a sex manual to learn about sex.

Kanji

性sex, gender, nature
典code, ceremony, law

Etymology

Compound of 性 (sei, 'sex') and 典 (ten, 'book, code, rule'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally associated with reference works on sex.