愛で

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
愛
め
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

The 未然形 (mizenkei, “irrealis form”) and 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of Old Japanese verb 愛づ (medu), modern 愛でる (mederu, “to love; to admire, appreciate”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

愛(め)で • (mede) 

  1. (archaic) love, appreciation, dearness

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese

Etymology

The 未然形 (mizenkei, “irrealis form”) and 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 愛づ (medu, “to love; to admire, appreciate”).

Noun

愛で (me2de) (kana めで)

  1. love, appreciation, dearness

Derived terms

Descendants

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