愛してる

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
愛
あい
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

A phrase forming a complete sentence, consisting of 愛 (ai, “love”) + して (shite, conjunctive form of verb する suru, “to do”) + いる (iru, “to be, to be doing something”). The shite iru contracts in informal speech into shiteru.

Pronunciation

Phrase

愛(あい)してる • (ai shiteru) 

  1. (informal) I'm in love with you, I love you

Usage notes

This literally just means “ loves ”, with the two “someones” (grammatical subject and object) understood from context.

Although common in popular media such as anime or J-pop, this expression is considered very intense in real life and is usually reserved for serious situations such as when making a marriage proposal, or telling a family member while on your death bed that the speaker loves them. A way to express these feelings in a less intense, i.e. romantic, manner would be to use 好(す)きだよ (suki da yo) or 大(だい)好(す)きだよ (daisuki da yo) which respectively mean to like/to really like someone.

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