恋こい人びと

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

Refers to a romantic partner, regardless of gender. Can be used for both casual and serious relationships.

恋こい人びとができるto get a boyfriend/girlfriend
先せん月げつ、新あたらしい恋こい人びとができた。
I got a new girlfriend/boyfriend last month.
恋こい人びとを作つくるto find/make oneself a boyfriend or girlfriend
彼かれは大だい学がくで恋こい人びとを作つくった。
He found himself a girlfriend at university.
恋こい人びとと別わかれるto break up with one's boyfriend/girlfriend
彼かの女じょは先せん週しゅう、恋こい人びとと別わかれた。
She broke up with her boyfriend last week.
恋こい人びとと付つき合あうto be in a relationship with one's lover
二人ふたりは三さん年ねん間かん、恋こい人びととして付つき合あっている。
The two of them have been dating as boyfriend and girlfriend for three years.

彼かれ氏しN3
彼氏 specifically means 'boyfriend' (male partner), whereas 恋人 is gender-neutral and can refer to either partner.
彼かの女じょN5
彼女 can mean either 'girlfriend' or simply 'she', while 恋人 unambiguously refers to a romantic partner.
愛あい人じん
愛人 usually implies a secret or extramarital lover, whereas 恋人 is the neutral term for a romantic partner.
恋れん愛あい対たい象しょうN3
恋人 means an actual romantic partner you are dating, while 恋愛対象 refers to someone you find attractive or could see as a partner, whether or not you are together.

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カップルN2
恋人 refers to one's sweetheart as an individual, while カップル refers to the two people together as a pair.
婚こん約やく者しゃ
恋人 refers to any romantic partner without a formal promise to marry, while 婚約者 specifically means someone one has agreed to marry.
パートナー
恋人 specifically means a romantic sweetheart, while パートナー is broader and can describe a spouse or committed partner without the dating connotation.

セフレ
セフレ refers to a purely sexual partner with no romantic commitment, whereas 恋人 refers to a romantic partner in a committed relationship.

Compound of 恋 (こい, 'love') and 人 (ひと, 'person'), with rendaku voicing of ひと to びと.