艶えん

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Meanings

Describes a person, especially a woman, who has an alluring, sensual charm. Often used in literary or descriptive contexts.

彼かの女じょは艶えんな魅み力りょくを持もっている。
She has a voluptuous charm.
その女じょ優ゆうの艶えんな演えん技ぎに観かん客きゃくは魅み了りょうされた。
The audience was captivated by the actress's fascinating performance.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の艶えんな笑えみsomeone's alluring, sensual smile
彼かの女じょは艶えんな笑えみを浮うかべた。
She flashed a sultry smile.
〈人ひと〉の艶えんな仕し草ぐさsomeone's sensual gesture or mannerism
彼かの女じょの艶えんな仕し草ぐさに思おもわず目めを奪うばわれた。
I couldn't help being captivated by her sensual gestures.
艶えんな声こえa sultry, alluring voice
彼かの女じょは艶えんな声こえで歌うたを歌うたった。
She sang in a sultry, alluring voice.

Kanji

艶glossy, luster, glaze

Related words

色いろっぽい
色っぽい is the everyday word for sexy or sensual, while 艶 is a more literary term emphasizing elegant, alluring charm.
魅み力りょく的てきN3
魅力的 is a general word for attractive or charming, whereas 艶 specifically evokes a voluptuous, sensual allure.
艶つややか
艶やか highlights a radiant, glossy beauty (often of skin or hair), while 艶 focuses on a sultry, sensual charm.

Word family· 17

妖よう艶えん
bewitching; voluptuous; captivating
優ゆう艶えん
charming; fascinating; elegant; graceful
凄せい艶えん
weirdly beautiful; eerily gorgeous
幽ゆう婉えん
modest and beautiful; profound and elegant
濃のう艶えん
charming; bewitching; enchanting

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艶えん女じょ
glamorous woman; seductive woman
艶えん容よう
charming appearance; fascinating figure
艶えん文ぶん
love letter
艶えん書しょ
love letter; billet-doux
艶えん然ぜん
sweetly smiling; gracious
艶えん福ぷく
success in love; luck with women

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Written forms

艶えんUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling for this word.
えんUsage2%
Kana spelling is sometimes used, especially in casual writing or when the kanji is considered difficult.

Etymology

The kanji 艶 originally relates to luster and gloss, and by extension came to describe an attractive, charming quality. The exact historical derivation of this reading and sense is uncertain.