性せい欲よく

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Meanings

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General term for sexual appetite or libido. Neutral in register but direct; used in medical, psychological, and everyday contexts.

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Sexual desire may decline with age.

彼かれは性せい欲よくを抑おさえられなかった。

He couldn't control his lust.

性せい欲よくが強つよいto have a strong sex drive
彼かれは性せい欲よくが強つよいタイプだ。
He's the type with a strong sex drive.
性せい欲よくを抑おさえるto suppress one's sexual desire
修しゅ行ぎょう中ちゅうは性せい欲よくを抑おさえるよう指し導どうされる。
During training, monks are instructed to suppress their sexual desire.
性せい欲よくを満みたすto satisfy one's sexual desire
その行こう動どうは性せい欲よくを満みたすためだけだった。
That behavior was purely to satisfy his sexual desire.
性せい欲よくに負まけるto give in to one's sexual desire
彼かれは性せい欲よくに負まけて過あやまちを犯おかした。
He gave in to his sexual desire and made a mistake.

リビドー
性欲 is the everyday, direct Japanese term for sexual desire, while リビドー is a loanword used mainly in psychoanalytic or academic discussion.
欲よく望ぼうN1
欲望 is a broader word for desire or craving of any kind, whereas 性欲 refers specifically to sexual desire.
情じょう欲よく
情欲 is a more literary, emotionally charged word for lust, while 性欲 is the plain, clinical term used in everyday and medical contexts.
エロス
性欲 is the plain, clinical word for sexual desire, while エロス carries a more literary or philosophical connotation of erotic love.

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発はつ情じょう
発情 describes the physiological state of being in heat or sexually aroused (esp. animals), while 性欲 refers to sexual desire in general, applicable to humans without the biological 'heat' nuance.
性せい感かん
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.
欲よく情じょう
性欲 is the clinical or biological term for sex drive, whereas 欲情 carries more emotional or literary overtones of lust.

精せい力りょく
精力 refers to physical vigor or stamina (including sexual stamina), while 性欲 refers specifically to the desire or urge itself, not the physical capacity.

性せい欲よくUsage99%
Standard modern spelling.
性せい慾よくUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kyūjitai form; 慾 is the old character for 欲.

Compound of 性 (sei, 'sex, gender') and 欲 (yoku, 'desire, craving'). The kanji 慾 is a variant of 欲 with the same meaning.

異い常じょう性せい欲よく

sexual abnormality; abnormal sexual desire

masochism