also: すけべいこんじょう
Refers to a lecherous disposition or a personality driven by sexual desire. Often used in a critical or humorous way.
That guy is openly lecherous and always stares at women.
Less common; can refer to a greedy or self-indulgent mindset, sometimes overlapping with lechery. Often used in set phrases like スケベ根性を出す.
スケベ根性を出すと、周りから嫌われるよ。
If you show your lecherous side, people around you will dislike you.
That company president is greedy and thinks only about making money.
Common modern spelling using katakana for スケベ.
Kanji spelling with the reading すけべいこんじょう; less common and may be seen as old-fashioned or formal.
Compound of スケベ (lecherous, perverted) and 根性 (disposition, spirit). スケベ is of uncertain origin, possibly from a dialectal or slang term. The kanji spelling 助平 is ateji.