Translation guide
Describes a person or lifestyle marked by excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures, often with a moral judgment. In Japanese, this is expressed through adjectives and descriptive phrases rather than a single direct equivalent.
To describe someone who is dissolute, licentious, or given to excessive pleasure-seeking, often implying a lack of moral restraint.
A na-adjective meaning 'dissolute' or 'profligate'. Commonly used to describe a debauched lifestyle or person. Strongly implies wastefulness and lack of self-control.
彼は放蕩な生活を送っている。
He leads a debauched life.
A na-adjective meaning 'decadent' or 'degenerate'. Often used for cultural or moral decay, including debauched behavior. Slightly more literary.
To describe a party, event, or atmosphere that is wildly excessive and morally loose.
There is no single Japanese word that perfectly matches 'debauched' in all contexts. Choose the expression based on whether you emphasize moral decay, sexual excess, or wild partying.
放蕩 focuses on personal profligacy and wastefulness, while 退廃的 implies a broader cultural or moral decline. Use 放蕩 for a person's lifestyle and 退廃的 for an atmosphere or era.
退廃的な生活に溺れる。
To indulge in a debauched lifestyle.
A na-adjective meaning 'self-indulgent' or 'dissipated'. Focuses on laziness and lack of discipline, often associated with debauchery.
自堕落な生活を改める。
To reform one's debauched ways.
A na-adjective meaning 'lewd' or 'licentious'. Specifically emphasizes sexual debauchery. Can be considered strong or vulgar.
Primarily used for sexual misconduct; may sound judgmental or old-fashioned.
淫らな行為にふける。
To indulge in debauched acts.
A four-character idiom literally meaning 'ponds of sake and forests of meat', used to describe a scene of extravagant debauchery and excess. Often used for wild parties.
そのパーティーは酒池肉林だった。
That party was a scene of debauchery.
A colloquial phrase meaning 'wild merrymaking' or 'boisterous revelry'. Implies noisy, drunken fun, often with a hint of debauchery.
昨夜はどんちゃん騒ぎだった。
Last night was a debauched revelry.