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愛人 (あいじん, aijin) Japanese meaning: lover | Kotomora
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いる
が
、
長なが
年ねん
愛あい
人じん
も
いる
らしい
。
He has a wife and children, but apparently he's also had a mistress for many years.
The company president was secretly meeting his lover.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 愛あい 人じん にする to make someone one's mistress/lover
He kept a young woman as his mistress.
愛あい 人じん を 持も つ to have a mistress/lover (on the side)
He has a mistress even though he's married.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 愛あい 人じん になる to become someone's lover/mistress
There are rumors that she became the company president's mistress.
Kanji 愛 love, affection, favourite Related words 恋人 is the neutral word for a romantic partner with no implication of infidelity, while 愛人 specifically implies a relationship outside of marriage.
情婦 is an older, blunter term for a mistress that stresses the sexual side of the relationship, whereas 愛人 sounds more literary and can cover a long-term emotional bond.
情夫 is the male counterpart of 情婦 (a married woman's secret male lover), while 愛人 is gender-neutral in form though usually understood as female.
愛人 is the common modern word for a lover or mistress, whereas 二号 is an old-fashioned, often derogatory euphemism implying she is treated as 'No. 2' after the wife.
愛人 is the common modern word for a mistress or lover, while 囲い (as an abbreviation of 囲い者) is an old-fashioned, euphemistic term.
Etymology Compound of 愛 (love) and 人 (person). The term originally meant 'beloved person' in a broad sense, but in modern Japanese it has narrowed to refer specifically to a romantic partner outside of marriage.
