初恋
Meanings
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first love; puppy love
Refers to one's first romantic love, often with a nostalgic or bittersweet connotation. Can also describe the innocent, fleeting affection of childhood or adolescence (puppy love).
She married her first love.
Memories of first love stay in your heart forever.
Usage patterns
- 初恋の人the person who was one's first love
He was my first love.
- 初恋の相手the partner/object of one's first love
I still think about the person I first fell in love with from time to time.
- 初恋に破れるto have one's first love end badly / be brokenhearted
She was heartbroken after her first love ended, and stayed down for a while.
- 初恋を思い出すto reminisce about one's first love
Listening to this song reminds me of my first love.