愛欲

愛慾

Reading

Kana: あいよく

Romaji: aiyoku

Definitions

noun

1

passion; sexual desire; lust

2

attachment (esp. to one's family or a member of the opposite sex)

(Buddhist term)

Kanji

愛

Readings: アイ、 いと.しい、 かな.しい、 め.でる、 お.しむ、 まな

Meanings: love, affection, favourite

欲

Readings: ヨク、 ほっ.する、 ほ.しい

Meanings: longing, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, craving

慾

Reading: ヨク

Meanings: covetousness, greed, passion, desire, craving

Example Sentence

大学生(だいがくせい)の時(とき)、有理子(ゆりこ)が愛欲(あいよく)に身(み)を委(ゆだ)ねた。

➥When she was at university, Yuriko abandoned herself to sexual passion.