Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 2,000 Conjugation 恋愛する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 恋れん 愛あい する 恋れん 愛あい しない Polite 恋れん 愛あい します 恋れん 愛あい しません Past polite 恋れん 愛あい しました 恋れん 愛あい しませんでした Past 恋れん 愛あい した 恋れん 愛あい しなかった Te-form 恋れん 愛あい して 恋れん 愛あい しないで Desire 恋れん 愛あい したい 恋れん 愛あい したくない Potential 恋れん 愛あい できる 恋れん 愛あい できない Passive 恋れん 愛あい される 恋れん 愛あい されない Causative 恋れん 愛あい させる 恋れん 愛あい させない Causative passive 恋れん 愛あい させられる 恋れん 愛あい させられない Volitional 恋れん 愛あい しよう Polite volitional 恋れん 愛あい しましょう Imperative 恋れん 愛あい しろ 恋れん 愛あい するな Conditional 恋れん 愛あい すれば 恋れん 愛あい しなければ Tara conditional 恋れん 愛あい したら 恋れん 愛あい しなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 と 恋れん 愛あい する to be romantically involved with someone
She's in a romantic relationship with a coworker.
恋れん 愛あい に 発はっ 展てん する to develop into a romantic relationship
Our friendship turned into romance before we knew it.
恋れん 愛あい 感かん 情じょう を 抱いだ く to develop romantic feelings
I realized I had romantic feelings for him.
恋れん 愛あい 経けい 験けん がある to have experience with romantic relationships
It seems she doesn't have much experience with romantic relationships.
Kanji 恋 romance, in love, yearn for 愛 love, affection, favourite Related words· 8 恋 is a more emotional, personal word for being in love, while 恋愛 is a more abstract, formal term often used in compounds and analytical contexts.
愛 covers love broadly, including familial and platonic love, whereas 恋愛 specifically means romantic love between people.
交際 emphasizes the act of dating or being in a relationship, while 恋愛 focuses on the romantic feelings and experience itself.
恋愛 is a formal, general term for romantic love, while ロマンス carries a more dramatic, story-like or passionate nuance borrowed from Western usage.
Show 4 more Show fewer 恋愛 is the general word for romantic love including physical attraction, while 純愛 stresses innocence and the absence of physical desire.
恋愛 is the broader word for romantic love that may or may not involve a sexual element, while 性愛 specifically stresses the physical, sexual dimension of that love.
恋愛 is the general term for romantic love or a love relationship, while 初恋 refers specifically to one's very first such love.
恋愛 refers to the romantic relationship or the act of loving someone, whereas 恋心 refers specifically to the emotional feeling itself.
Word family· 29 object of romantic interest; potential love interest
love marriage
great love; passionate affair
view on love; philosophy of love
luck in love; romantic fortune
Show 5 more Show fewer pretend romance; fantasy relationship
polyamory (without favoritism)
international romantic relationship
love story; romance
bad at romance; awkward in relationships
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Written forms 恋れん 愛あい Usage 100%
Standard kanji form; high-frequency in news and general use.
レンアイ Usage <1%
Etymology Compound of 恋 (こい , 'romantic love') and 愛 (あい , 'love'), combining the passionate and affectionate aspects of love. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term has been used since the Meiji era to translate Western concepts of romantic love.
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