► 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:
- 一途な恋 ⇨ A single-minded love
- 恋愛は先手必勝だ ⇨ In love, you have to strike first to win (before your rivals)
- 彼女は恋煩いしている ⇨ She is struggling with an unrequited love
- 彼は長年の恋人と結婚した ⇨ He married his long-time sweetheart
- チャタレイ夫人の恋人は当時発禁になった ⇨ Lady Chatterley’s Lover was banned for publication at the time
- 色恋に常識はない ⇨ Love and sex have no common senses. All’s fair in love
- 家族が恋しい ⇨ I miss my family
- 彼女の多岐に渡る恋愛遍歴 ⇨ Her long and expansive romantic history
- 彼は私の初恋の人だった ⇨ He was my first love
- 恋愛小説 ⇨ A romantic novel
- 彼女は恋人に袖にされた ⇨ She was dumped by her boyfriend
- 二人の恋人はやっと結ばれた ⇨ The two lovers finally got together
- 恋の予感に胸がときめいた ⇨ My heart got excited in anticipation of a new love
- 彼は故郷を恋しがっている ⇨ He misses his hometown
- 恋人に宛てた手紙 ⇨ A letter written for one’s lover