► 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
- 二人の恋人はやっと結ばれた ⇨ The two lovers finally got together
- 恋愛小説 ⇨ A romantic novel
- 失恋がふっ切れない ⇨ I can’t get over the lost love
- 彼は恋人と同棲している ⇨ He lives with his (unwed) girlfriend
- 彼女は失恋した ⇨ Her love has gone unrequited
- 彼女は恋多き女だった ⇨ She has had a lot of love affairs
- 恋の予感がする ⇨ I feel love is around the corner
- 恋の病に薬なし ⇨ There is no medicine for lovesickness
- 失恋の痛み ⇨ The pain of rejection
- 若者は恋愛について最も悩む ⇨ Young people are most troubled about romance
- 恋愛は押しの一手だ ⇨ To woo someone, push is the only way to go, you have to be aggressive and persistent
- 失恋の切ない思い ⇨ Heart-wrenching sadness of lost love
- 恋は焦らず ⇨ You can’t hurry love
- 彼は長年の恋人と結婚した ⇨ He married his long-time sweetheart