Translation

わいせつな / 扇情的な / 性的に露骨な

Meaning

Salacious describes stories, jokes, images, gossip, or details that are sexually explicit or meant to excite sexual curiosity in a cheap or sensational way. It is disapproving. Do not use it to mean simply detailed.

Examples

• そのタブロイド紙は扇情的な見出しで売り上げを伸ばした。
  The tabloid sold copies with salacious headlines.
• 彼女はその伝記の露骨な細部描写を批判した。
  She criticized the salacious details in the biography.