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荒淫 (こういん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

荒こう淫いん

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Meanings

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noun

sexual indulgence; debauchery; licentiousness

Literary or formal term for excessive sexual activity or debauchery. Not an everyday word; more common in historical or descriptive contexts.

その小しょう説せつは貴き族ぞくの荒こう淫いんな生せい活かつを描えがいている。
The novel depicts the debauched life of the aristocracy.
歴れき史し書しょには王おうの荒こう淫いんが記しるされている。
The history book records the king's sexual indulgence.

Kanji

荒laid waste, rough, rude
淫lewdness, licentiousness

Similar words

淫いん乱らん
淫乱 is more common and colloquial, often describing a person as lewd or promiscuous, while 荒淫 is a formal, literary term for debauchery or excessive indulgence.
放ほう蕩とう
放蕩 refers to dissipation or profligacy in a broader sense (drinking, gambling, etc.), whereas 荒淫 specifically emphasizes sexual excess.

Etymology

Compound of 荒 (wild, rough) and 淫 (lewd, excessive). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of sexual debauchery.