love; romantic love
General term for love, often with a modern or Western nuance. Used in compounds like ラブレター (love letter) and ラブストーリー (love story).
I received a love letter from her.
Sports term for a score of zero, used in tennis, badminton, table tennis, etc. Often appears in phrases like ラブゲーム (love game) or フィフティーンラブ (fifteen-love).
あの映画は感動的なラブストーリーだ。
That movie is a touching love story.
The tennis match ended in a love game.
The score is fifteen-love.
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
love story
love letter
love hotel; short-stay hotel for sexual activities
love song
calling out with love or goodwill · phone call to a loved one · fervent request; heartfelt appeal
sex doll; love doll
love story; romance; love affair
love scene
making love; having sex
love game; game won without opponent scoring
love set; 6-0 set
love seat; love chair
love hunt; looking for love
lovebird
love play
office romance; workplace romance
girls' love; GL; yuri media
true love
Standard katakana spelling for the English loanword 'love'.
Alternative katakana spelling reflecting the English 'v' sound; less common than ラブ.
Borrowed from English 'love'. The spelling ラヴ reflects the original 'v' sound, but ラブ is more common in modern Japanese.