► 名詞
愛 [(1)あい] meaning: love rank: 1
☆ 夫婦愛 ⇨ Spousal love, love between a husband and a wife (☛ Mostly literal expression. Also except for technical terms, usually refers to love between people only, not for things, food, hobby, etc..)
► 接頭辞
愛 [まな] [liter] meaning: love rank: 4
☆ うちの愛娘 ⇨ My beloved daughter
More examples:
- 我が愛し子 ⇨ My beloved child
- まあ、可愛い赤ちゃんね ⇨ Oh, what a cute baby
- 同性愛は罪などと未だに言っている時代錯誤の人達 ⇨ The anachronistic people who are still saying homesexuality is a sin
- 彼は愛人関係をネタに政治家を揺すろうとした ⇨ He tried to blackmail the politician using his extra-marital affair
- 妙に人擦れして可愛くない子供 ⇨ A child bizarrely street-smart, who has seen too much too early and is without adorable innocence
- あいつ生意気だな。ちょっと可愛がってやる ⇨ He is cocky. I’m gonna (beat him up and) teach him manners
- 彼女は長男を偏愛している ⇨ She favors her first son
- 若者は恋愛について最も悩む ⇨ Young people are most troubled about romance
- ある鳥の雄は雌に踊って求愛する ⇨ Some bird males dance and court females
- 愛には値打ちはつけられない ⇨ You cannot put a price value on love
- うちの犬は愛嬌が有る ⇨ Our dog has a lovable temperament
- 彼女の子供達への愛を綴った詩 ⇨ The poems she wrote about her love for her children
- 彼は子供が可愛くて仕方ない ⇨ For him his kids are so loveable. He loves his kids so much
- 彼女は彼の求愛を拒絶した ⇨ She rejected his courtship
- 彼等は永遠の愛の誓いを立てた ⇨ They made a vow of eternal love