► 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:
- 可愛らしい赤ちゃん ⇨ A cute baby
- 誰も自分が可愛い ⇨ Everybody wants to protect themselves
- 人間誰も我が身が可愛い ⇨ Everybody wants to protect oneself
- 彼は登山をこよなく愛している ⇨ He deeply loves mountaineering
- 下手な歌でも御愛嬌で ⇨ Allow me to sing, I’m not a good singer, but can be entertaining
- 彼女は皆に愛嬌を振りまいている ⇨ She’s walking around smiling and talking cheerfully to everybody
- 可愛さ余って憎さ百倍 ⇨ When you love someone too much, once you fall out with him/her, you will hate him/her 100 times more
- 我が子が愛おしい ⇨ I find my children so lovely
- 愛玩動物 ⇨ A pet animal
- ある鳥の雄は雌に踊って求愛する ⇨ Some bird males dance and court females
- 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
- あいつにはいい加減に愛想が尽きた ⇨ I’ve run out of patience with him. I’m done with him
- 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
- 我が子を愛でる気持ち ⇨ Love for your own children
- 私達は他愛ない話をしただけだ ⇨ We just had a trivial, insignificant, small talk, and that’s all