► 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:
- 彼は故郷を恋しがっている ⇨ He misses his hometown
- 恋愛は先手必勝だ ⇨ In love, you have to strike first to win (before your rivals)
- 叶わぬ恋 ⇨ Unrequited love
- 恋人に宛てた手紙 ⇨ A letter written for one’s lover
- 家族が恋しい ⇨ I miss my family
- 淡い恋心 ⇨ A young love (without lust)
- アジアでは人目をはばからずにキスする恋人達は殆どいない ⇨ In Asia few lovers kiss without avoiding other people’s eyes, few kisses in public
- 彼は友達の彼女に横恋慕している ⇨ He is in love with his friend’s girlfriend
- 彼女は失恋した ⇨ Her love has gone unrequited
- 彼女の多岐に渡る恋愛遍歴 ⇨ Her long and expansive romantic history
- 彼女は恋に落ちた ⇨ She fell in love
- 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
- 恋愛小説 ⇨ A romance novel
- 戦争で二人の恋人は引き裂かれた ⇨ The two lovers were torn apart by the war
- 一夏の恋 ⇨ A fleeting romance in one summer