► 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:
- 禁じられた愛 ⇨ A forbidden love
- 彼女はお人形のように可愛い ⇨ She is pretty like a doll
- 可愛いお婆ちゃん ⇨ A lovely grandma
- 彼は同性愛者に偏見を持っている ⇨ He has a prejudice against homosexuals
- 彼は愛想はいいけど実際は何の仕事もしない ⇨ He is friendly but won’t get anything done actually
- 目がくりくりした可愛い女の子 ⇨ A cute girl with big lively eyes
- あの娘めっちゃ可愛い ⇨ That girl is super cute
- 我が子が愛おしい ⇨ I find my children so lovely
- 彼の妻は彼の博打癖に愛想を尽かして彼の元を去った ⇨ His wife lost patience about his gambling habit and left him
- 愛には値打ちはつけられない ⇨ You cannot put a price value on love
- そんなに彼女のことを愛しているんだったら、どうして浮気なんかするんだ？ ⇨ If you love her that much, why do you have an affair?
- 愛らしい赤ちゃん ⇨ A cute, lovely, baby
- 可愛い赤ちゃん ⇨ A cute baby
- 彼女の子供達への愛を綴った詩 ⇨ The poems she wrote about her love for her children
- 王貞治は「ワンちゃん」の愛称で知られた ⇨ Sadaharu Oh was known with a nickname “wan-chan”