恋愛

See also: 恋爱 and 戀愛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
れん
Grade: S
あい
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
戀愛 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 戀愛 (MC liuᴇnH ʔʌiH).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(れん)(あい) (ren'ai) 

  1. love, especially romantic or erotic love

Derived terms

  • 恋愛結婚(れんあいけっこん) (ren'ai kekkon): a marriage of love
  • 恋愛事件(れんあいじけん) (ren'ai jiken): a love affair
  • 恋愛小説(れんあいしょうせつ) (ren'ai shōsetsu): a romance novel

See also

Verb

(れん)(あい)する (ren'ai suru) intransitive suru (stem (れん)(あい) (ren'ai shi), past (れん)(あい)した (ren'ai shita))

  1. to fall in love

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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