► 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:
- 娘が可愛くてたまらない ⇨ I can’t help adoring my daughter
- うちの娘は可愛い盛りだ ⇨ My daughter is at the peak of being cute
- 愛玩動物 ⇨ A pet animal
- 愛とは無条件であるべきだ ⇨ Love must be unconditional
- 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
- 皆自分の身が可愛い ⇨ Everybody wants to save their own bodies, skins
- 王貞治は「ワンちゃん」の愛称で知られた ⇨ Sadaharu Oh was known with a nickname “wan-chan”
- 結婚指輪は愛の証と呼ばれる ⇨ A wedding ring is called the proof of love
- めちゃめちゃ可愛い子犬 ⇨ A super cute puppy
- 彼女は子供の頃から持っている縫い包みに特別な愛着が有る ⇨ She has a special attachment to a stuffed animal she has had since childhood
- 皇后は国民に敬愛されている ⇨ The empress is admired by the public
- 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
- 恋愛小説 ⇨ A romantic novel
- 愛しい人は今何処 ⇨ Where is my love now?