性せい感かん

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Meanings

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

sexual feelings; sexual sensation

Refers to the physical or emotional experience of sexual arousal or pleasure. Often used in medical, psychological, or formal contexts.

性せい感かんを高たかめる方ほう法ほうについての研けん究きゅうがある。
There is research on ways to enhance sexual sensation.
彼かれは性せい感かんが乏とぼしいと感かんじている。
He feels that he has little sexual feeling.

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Usage patterns

性せい感かんが高たかまるfor sexual sensation/arousal to heighten
マッサージによって性せい感かんが高たかまることがある。
Massage can sometimes heighten sexual sensation.
〈物もの〉が性せい感かんを刺し激げきするfor something to stimulate sexual sensation
この香かおりは性せい感かんを刺し激げきすると言いわれている。
This scent is said to stimulate sexual sensation.

Kanji

性sex, gender, nature
感emotion, feeling, sensation

Related words

性せい的てきN1
性的 is a broad adjective meaning 'sexual' in general, while 性感 specifically names the feeling or sensation of arousal itself.
快かい感かん
快感 means a pleasant sensation of any kind, whereas 性感 is limited to sexual feelings specifically.
性せい欲よく
性欲 refers to sexual desire or drive, while 性感 refers to the sensation or feeling of arousal itself, not the urge behind it.

Word family

性せい感かん帯たい
erogenous zone
性せい感かんエステ
erotic massage parlour; sexual massage salon

Etymology

Compound of 性 (sei, 'sex, gender') and 感 (kan, 'feeling, sensation'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is a straightforward Sino-Japanese compound.