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淫心 (いんしん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

淫いん心しん

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Meanings

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noun

sexual passion; lustful heart

Literary or formal term for a mind filled with sexual desire; not an everyday colloquial word.

彼かれは淫いん心しんを抑おさえられなかった。
He could not suppress his lustful thoughts.

Kanji

淫lewdness, licentiousness
心heart, mind, spirit

Similar words

色しき欲よく
色欲 is a more common Buddhist-origin term for sexual desire or lust, while 淫心 is a rarer, more literary word focusing on the lustful mind itself.

Etymology

Compound of 淫 (いん, 'lewd, licentious') and 心 (しん, 'heart, mind'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common Sino-Japanese pattern for abstract mental states.