VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

あい
hepburn ai

love

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

  1. 愛は大事だ。
    Love is important.
  2. 家族への愛。
    Love for family.

Collocations

愛 (ai, love)愛する (ai suru, to love)家族愛 (kazoku-ai)愛情 (aijou, affection)恋愛 (renai, romantic love)

Mnemonic

Ai (愛) is "love" (an A entry, universal cross-cultural). Kanji 愛. Split: (1) ai (formal, Meiji-era loan for Western love); (2) koi (romantic passion); (3) aijou (affection, family); (4) renai (compound, renai kekkon vs o-miai kekkon); (5) trap — aishiteru rarely daily, suki everyday, aishiteru reserved; (6) kataomoi (one-sided, uniquely Japanese). A-trap: prefer romanization sarang. JLPT N5 plus Japans love-vocab cluster.

Quick check

  1. Aishiteru daily?

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