恋心
Meanings
1
feelings of love; romantic feelings
Refers to the emotion of romantic love, often used in a slightly literary or introspective context.
I had been hiding my feelings of love for her all along.
I still have faint romantic feelings for my first love.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉に恋心を抱くto harbor romantic feelings for someone
She had romantic feelings for her senior.
- 恋心が芽生えるfor romantic feelings to develop
Romantic feelings began to develop between the two of them.
- 〈人〉に恋心を寄せるto develop romantic feelings toward someone
He secretly had romantic feelings for her.
- 恋心を打ち明けるto confess one's romantic feelings
She finally confessed her romantic feelings.