► 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:
- 下手な歌でも御愛嬌で ⇨ Allow me to sing, I’m not a good singer, but can be entertaining
- あいつは生意気だが意外と可愛い所もある ⇨ He is really cocky but has some unexpectedly likable side too
- 彼女は彼の求愛を撥ね付けた ⇨ She spurned his courting
- 彼は彼女が他の男を愛していることを知って身を引いた ⇨ He found out she loved another man and withdrew himself
- 彼は娘が可愛くてしかたない ⇨ He cannot help loving his daughter. He loves her so much
- 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
- 彼はやはり自分の部下が可愛いようだ ⇨ It looks that he wants to favor those who are loyal to him
- 彼は愛人に手切れ金を払った ⇨ He paid a severance pay to his lover
- ああ、可愛い坊や ⇨ Oh, what a cute little boy
- 子供を愛するのは甘やかすのとは違う ⇨ Loving your child is different from spoiling them
- あの赤ちゃんは食べちゃいたいほど可愛い ⇨ That baby is so cute that I want to eat her
- 同性愛は罪などと未だに言っている時代錯誤の人達 ⇨ The anachronistic people who are still saying homesexuality is a sin
- 彼は社長に可愛がられている ⇨ He is favored by the CEO
- 私は子供達のことを愛している ⇨ I love my children
- なんて可愛げの無い奴だ ⇨ What a guy with no likeability and obedience. What a cocky guy