淫蕩

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Extreme lewdness or sexual debauchery; licentious, used in a formal or literary register to criticize sexually indulgent behavior.

NounNa-AdjectiveFormal or Literary Term

Examples

その小説は淫蕩な場面をあえて描いている。

That novel deliberately depicts lewd scenes.

彼の若いころの噂は淫蕩だと語られているが、真偽は不明だ。

Rumors about his youthful indiscretions say he was licentious, but the truth is unclear.

古い戯曲には、人物の性格を表すために淫蕩という表現が使われることがある。

In older plays, the term 'indecent' is sometimes used to characterize a person's nature.

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