恋人

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See also: 戀人

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 戀人 (“lover; sweetheart; the Lovers”).
(This term is the simplified form of 戀人).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こい
Grade: S
ひと > びと
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
戀人 (kyūjitai)
 恋人 on Japanese Wikipedia
 恋人 (タロット) on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From (こい) (koi, love) + (ひと) (hito, person). The hito changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

(こい)(びと) (koibitoこひびと (kofibito)?

  1. a lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend
  2. (tarot) The Lovers, the sixth trump or major arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks

See also

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN