背はい徳とく感かん

noun

sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness

A feeling of doing something morally wrong but enjoyable; often used for small indulgences or taboo pleasures. Compare 罪悪感, which is a broader sense of guilt without the pleasure aspect.

See also: 罪悪感 (ざいあくかん)

• 深しん夜やにラーメンを食たべると背はい徳とく感かんがある。

  Eating ramen late at night gives me a sense of guilty pleasure.

• 彼かれは背はい徳とく感かんを感かんじながらも、つい甘あまいものを食たべ過すぎてしまう。

  He feels a sense of naughtiness but ends up eating too many sweets anyway.