► 動詞
恋 [(1)こい] [恋する] [liter] meaning: love rank: 1
☆ 彼女は彼に恋している ⇨ She has a crush on him (☛ Romantic love. Like “have a crush on”, often about juvenile infatuation)
► 名詞
恋 [(1)こい] [liter] meaning: love rank: 1
☆ 恋は理屈ではない ⇨ Romance, love, is not about logic (☛ Romantic love)
More examples:
- 彼は友達の彼女に横恋慕している ⇨ He is in love with his friend’s girlfriend
- 彼は私の初恋の人だった ⇨ He was my first love
- 彼等は恋愛関係にある ⇨ They are in a romantic relationship
- 恋愛小説 ⇨ A romantic novel
- 淡い恋心 ⇨ A young love (without lust)
- 彼女は恋多き女だった ⇨ She has had a lot of love affairs
- 失恋がふっ切れない ⇨ I can’t get over the lost love
- 彼は恋人と思しき女性と歩いていた ⇨ He was walking with a woman who seemed to be his girlfriend
- 恋人との雰囲気に溢れた食事に御誂え向きのレストラン ⇨ A perfect restaurant to have a romantic dinner with a special someone
- 若い頃は変に思ったが、人間は何歳になっても恋愛するものだ ⇨ I thought it was weird when I was young, but humans can fall in love at any age
- 彼は恋人と同棲している ⇨ He lives with his (unwed) girlfriend
- 叶わぬ恋 ⇨ Unrequited love
- 二人の恋人はやっと結ばれた ⇨ The two lovers finally got together
- 彼は長年の恋人と結婚した ⇨ He married his long-time sweetheart
- 彼女は恋人に袖にされた ⇨ She was dumped by her boyfriend