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    3. 色気

    色気

    色いろ気け

    colouring

    KMT8News #20+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab12 strokes

    いろけ

    Noun

    1.
    colouring, coloring, shade of colour (color)
    2.
    sex appeal (esp. of women), sexiness, sexual allure, seductiveness
    3.
    interest in the opposite sex, sexual feelings, sexual urge
    4.
    charm, elegance, romance, graciousness
    5.
    feminine presence
    6.
    desire, interest, ambition, inclination

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    彼かの女じょは独どく特とくの色いろ気けを持もっている。

    She has a unique charm.

    KMT6Emotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょの演えん技ぎには大おと人なの色いろ気けがあった。

    There was a mature sex appeal in her performance.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyMusic & Entertainment
    彼かれの絵えには、どこか憂ゆう鬱うつな色いろ気けが感かんじられる。

    His painting has a certain melancholic charm.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyArt & Design
    着き物ものを着きた女じょ性せいには、西せい洋よう服ふくとは違ちがう独どく特とくの色いろ気けがある。

    Women wearing kimonos have a unique allure different from Western clothes.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsFashion & BeautyEmotions & Psychology
    若わかい頃ころは出しゅっ世せに色いろ気けがあったが、今いまは家か族ぞくとの時じ間かんを大たい切せつにしたい。

    When I was young, I had an ambition for success, but now I want to cherish time with my family.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyWork & CareerFamily & Relationships

    Kanji that make up this word

    色
    いろ…(4)
    color
    気
    いき・き…(2)
    spirit・mind・air・atmosphere・mood
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