官能

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Chinese

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official; government; organ of body
ability; can; may
ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
 
trad. (官能)
simp. #(官能)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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官能

  1. (biology) organic functions; faculty; sense

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (官能):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 4
のう
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(かん)(のう) (kannōくわんなう (kwannau)?

  1. faculty of the senses
  2. (figuratively) pleasure obtained using the senses, (especially) sexual pleasure
    官能(かんのう)小説(しょうせつ)
    kannō shōsetsu
    sensual novel (i.e. erotic novel)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN