恋愛

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

  • 恋愛結婚(れんあいけっこん) (ren'ai kekkon): a marriage of love, love match
  • 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

(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