淫みだら

み

だ

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Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

na-adjective, noun

obscene; indecent; lewd

Describes sexually improper or indecent behavior, speech, or content. Can be used for both people and things.

彼かれはみだらな冗じょう談だんばかり言いう。
He always tells lewd jokes.
その映えい画がにはみだらなシーンが多おおすぎる。
That movie has too many obscene scenes.

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Usage patterns

淫みだらな行こう為いan indecent/lewd act
彼かれは公こう然ぜんと淫みだらな行こう為いをして逮たい捕ほされた。
He was arrested for committing an indecent act in public.
淫みだらな言こと葉ばを吐はくto utter obscene words
彼かれは酔よって淫みだらな言こと葉ばを吐はいた。
He got drunk and started spouting obscene remarks.
淫みだらな目めで見みるto look at someone with lustful/lewd eyes
彼かの女じょは淫みだらな目めで見みられて不ふ快かいになった。
She felt uncomfortable being looked at with lewd eyes.

Kanji

淫lewdness, licentiousness
猥obscene

Related words· 6

わいせつ
猥褻 is the formal, often legal term for obscenity, while 淫ら is a more everyday descriptive word for lewd behavior or speech.
エロい
エロい is casual slang for something sexy or erotic, whereas 淫ら carries a stronger tone of moral disapproval.
いやらしいN1
いやらしい describes a person's creepy or distasteful lewdness, while 淫ら more directly labels an act or content as sexually indecent.
下げ品ひんN3
下品 means vulgar or crude in a general sense, while 淫ら specifically points to sexual impropriety.

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淫いん乱らん
淫らな is the more common, everyday word for lewd or indecent behavior, while 淫乱 is a stronger, more literary term implying chronic depravity.
卑ひ猥わい
淫らな focuses on lewd or licentious behavior, especially sexual immorality, whereas 卑猥 more often describes crude words or expressions.

Written forms

淫みだらUsage75%
Standard kanji spelling.
みだらUsage25%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is considered difficult or overly formal.
猥みだらUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

The historical derivation is uncertain. The kanji 淫 and 猥 both carry meanings related to indecency or excess, and are conventionally associated with this word.