恋愛

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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 ljwenH 'ojH).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(れん)(あい) (ren'ai

  1. love, especially romantic or erotic love

Derived terms

See also

Verb

(れん)(あい)する (ren'ai suruintransitive 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. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN