► 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:
- 彼は自然を愛して止まない ⇨ He won’t stop loving nature. He loves nature so much
- 彼の妻は彼の博打癖に愛想を尽かして彼の元を去った ⇨ His wife lost patience about his gambling habit and left him
- 彼女の子供達への愛を綴った詩 ⇨ The poems she wrote about her love for her children
- ああ、可愛い坊や ⇨ Oh, what a cute little boy
- 彼女は彼の求愛を拒絶した ⇨ She rejected his courtship
- 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
- あの女の子は声を掛けるとはきはき答えて可愛い ⇨ When I talk to that girl, she speaks articulately and is very cute
- 我が愛し子 ⇨ My beloved child
- 恋愛は先手必勝だ ⇨ In love, you have to strike first to win (before your rivals)
- 彼女は息子を猫可愛がりしている ⇨ She is spoiling her son like a pet cat
- 彼女は長男を偏愛している ⇨ She favors her first son
- 彼女は見かけは可愛いが性格ブスだ ⇨ She is pretty on the outside but the personality is ugly
- 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
- 可愛いお婆ちゃん ⇨ A lovely grandma
- 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