春しゅん機き

noun

sexual desire; awakening of sexual feelings

Literary or clinical term for the onset of sexual desire, especially associated with puberty. Most often encountered in the compound 春機発動期 (しゅんきはつどうき), meaning 'age of puberty' or 'sexual awakening'.

See also: 春機発動期

• 「春しゅん機き発はつ動どう期き」という言こと葉ばは、昔むかしの生せい理り学がくの教きょう科か書しょで見みかける。

  The term 春機発動期 is found in old physiology textbooks.

• この小しょう説せつでは、主しゅ人じん公こうの春しゅん機きが繊せん細さいに描えがかれている。

  In this novel, the protagonist's awakening sexual desire is delicately portrayed.