卑猥(ひわい)

ひわい
na-adjective
obscene; indecent; lewd
formaldescriptive
1. obscene; indecent; lewd
Sexually offensive or morally repugnant. Used to describe language, images, behavior, or content of a sexually vulgar nature.
卑猥(ひわい)な言葉(ことば)を使(つか)わないで。
Don't use obscene language.
卑猥(ひわい)な画像(がぞう)を送(おく)るのは犯罪(はんざい)になりうる。
Sending obscene images can be a crime.
職場(しょくば)で卑猥(ひわい)な冗談(じょうだん)を言(い)うのはセクハラに当(あ)たる。
Telling lewd jokes in the workplace constitutes sexual harassment.

Also written in kana as ひわい. WATCH OUT: the legal term is 猥褻(わいせつ), not 卑猥(ひわい): わいせつ物(ぶつ) (obscene material), 公然(こうぜん)わいせつ (public indecency). Common collocations: 卑猥(ひわい)な言葉(ことば) (obscene words), 卑猥(ひわい)な行為(こうい) (indecent act). Stronger and more formal than エッチ (naughty/sexual, colloquial) or いやらしい (dirty, suggestive).

Related Words

Compare: いやらしい (nasty, vulgar)
Compare: 淫(みだ)ら (lewd)
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Added 2026.3.23 21:10 · Revised 2026.10.1 19:39
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