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    3. 性欲

    性欲

    性せい欲よく

    sexual desire

    KMT10News #40+1Ref L2NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab19 strokes

    性慾

    せいよく

    Noun

    1.
    sexual desire, sex drive, lust

    Stroke 0 / 19

    Speed1.0x

    性せい欲よくは人にん間げんの基き本ほん的てきな欲よっ求きゅうの一ひととつだ。

    Sexual desire is one of the basic human urges.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれは性せい欲よくをコントロールするのが難むずかしいと感かんじていた。

    He found it difficult to control his sexual urges.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    文ぶん学がく作さく品ひんでは、性せい欲よくが人にん間げんの行こう動どうを動うごかす原げん動どう力りょくとして描えがかれることがある。

    In literary works, sexual desire is sometimes depicted as the driving force behind human behavior.

    KMT10LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    性せい欲よくは、生せい物ぶつの種しゅを存そん続ぞくさせるための本ほんの能う的てきな衝しょう動どうである。

    Sexual desire is an instinctive impulse for the survival of species.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyScience & MathAnimals
    心しん理り学がくでは、性せい欲よくが個こ人じんの精せい神しん状じょう態たいに与あたえる影えい響きょうも研けん究きゅうされている。

    In psychology, the influence of sexual desire on an individual's mental state is also studied.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    性
    さが…(2)
    sex・gender・nature
    欲
    ほっ.する・ほ.しい…(1)
    longing・covetousness・greed・passion・desire…(1)
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