スケベ心

Japanese

Kanji in this term
心
こころ > ごころ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
助平心

Etymology

From スケベ (sukebe, “perverted, lewd, lecherous”) + 心(ごころ) (-gokoro, “mind, heart, spirit”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) スケベごころ [sùkébégóꜜkòrò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sɨ̥ke̞be̞ɡo̞ko̞ɾo̞]

Noun

スケベ心(ごころ) • (sukebegokoro) 

  1. (informal) dirty mind
  2. (informal, by extension) selfish motive, ulterior motive

References

  1. ^ Kenbou, Hidetoshi et al., editors (2021), 三省堂国語辞典 [Sanseidō kokugo jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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