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02-12-2011, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by StonerPenguin View Post
The latter (欲望) is much more sexual I do believe... as in it means "lust". However, Masaegu said 欲求 also carries a sexual connotation. I'm not a native speaker though so this is just a (semi) educated guess
I'm still confused. When one gets the tattoo "desire," isn't the entire point to mean "lust" or "sexual desire"? No one gets the tattoo "desire" to mean "I want a new toy train." They get it to imply "yeah, I'm super sexy and I know you want me."