情欲 じょうよく Also written 情慾 Meanings Noun, の-adjective passions; sexual desire; lust Kanji 情 feeling. Read as ジョウ. 欲 want. Read as ヨク. Example sentences 彼は理性で情欲を制することが出来る。He is able to subordinate passion to reason. 男と女のあいだの友情はあり得ない。情欲、敵意、賛美や愛情こそあれど、友情はまったくないのである。Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists