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被虐性愛者 (higyakuseiaisha) Japanese meaning: masochist | Kotomora

被ひ虐ぎゃく性せい愛あい者しゃ

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Meanings

1

A person who derives sexual pleasure from receiving pain or humiliation. This is a formal, clinical term; in everyday conversation, マゾ or マゾヒスト is more common.

被ひ虐ぎゃく性せい愛あい者しゃは、痛いたみや屈くつ辱じょくから性せい的

てき

快かい

感かん

を

得え

る

。

A masochist derives sexual pleasure from pain or humiliation.

Kanji

被incur, cover, veil
虐tyrannize, oppress
性sex, gender, nature
愛love, affection, favourite
者someone, person

Related words

マゾヒスト
Common loanword for 'masochist'; used in everyday contexts, while 被虐性愛者 is a formal, clinical term.
加か虐ぎゃく性せい愛あい者しゃ
The counterpart term for 'sadist'; similarly formal and clinical.

Built from

被ひ虐ぎゃく性せい愛あい+者しゃ

Etymology

Compound of 被虐 (ひぎゃく, 'receiving abuse') + 性愛 (せいあい, 'sexual love') + 者 (しゃ, 'person'). A formal translation of the Western concept of masochism.