恋愛

See also: 恋爱 and 戀愛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
れん
Grade: S
あい
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

恋愛 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 戀愛, hiragana れんあい, rōmaji ren'ai)

  1. love, especially romantic or erotic love

Compounds

  • 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

恋愛する (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 戀愛する, intransitive, suru conjugation, hiragana れんあいする, rōmaji ren'ai suru)

  1. to fall in love

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  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 978-4-14-011112-3
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