淫声

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 淫聲 (“licentious music”).
(This term is the simplified form of 淫聲).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
いん
Grade: S
せい
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
淫聲 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

(いん)(せい) (insei

  1. (literary) licentious music
    • Liu Xiang, Biographies of Exemplary Women, kanbun kundoku:
      ()(じゃ)(しょく)()ず、(みみ)(いん)(せい)()かず
      me jashoku o mizu, mimi insei o kikazu
      (please add an English translation of this example)
    • 1989, 田中優子 [Yuko Tanaka], “淫声をめぐる時間と空間 [Charactersitics of samisen music]”, in 日本音響学会誌, →DOI:
      (たし)(しゃ)()(せん)(いん)(せい)だと(おも)
      Tashika ni shamisen wa insei da to omou.
      I certainly believe that the sound of the shamisen is decadent.
  2. (poetic) sounds made during lovemaking