慈じ愛あい

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun

affection; love; fondness

Deep, benevolent love, often parental or compassionate in nature. More formal and literary than 愛情.

母はは親おやの慈じ愛あいに満みちたまなざし。
A gaze filled with a mother's affection.
彼かれは慈じ愛あいの心こころで孤こ児じたちを育そだてた。
He raised the orphans with a loving heart.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に慈じ愛あいを注そそぐto shower someone with loving affection
その先せん生せいは生せい徒とたちに慈じ愛あいを注そそいだ。
That teacher showered her students with loving care.
慈じ愛あいに満みちた〈事こと〉filled with loving affection
彼かの女じょは慈じ愛あいに満みちた表ひょう情じょうで子こ供どもを見みつめた。
She looked at the child with an expression full of loving warmth.
慈じ愛あいの目めで〈人ひと〉を見みるto look at someone with loving, compassionate eyes
祖そ母ぼは慈じ愛あいの目めで孫まごを見み守まもっていた。
The grandmother watched over her grandchild with loving eyes.

Kanji

慈mercy
愛love, affection, favourite

Related words

愛あい情じょうN3
愛情 is the common word for love and affection in daily life, while 慈愛 is more formal, often implying a selfless, nurturing love.
慈じ悲ひN1
慈悲 emphasizes compassion or mercy, often in a Buddhist or moral sense, while 慈愛 focuses on warm, nurturing love, especially parental.
情じょう愛あい
情愛 refers to deep affection between people in a relationship, while 慈愛 emphasizes a protective, benevolent love, often from a superior to someone weaker.
愛あいN3
慈愛 is compassionate, nurturing love (as from a parent or deity), a more literary and narrower word than the general term 愛.

Don't confuse with

慈じ悲ひN1
慈愛 and 慈悲 both suggest compassionate love, but 慈悲 leans toward mercy or forgiveness while 慈愛 leans toward warm, protective affection.

Etymology

Compound of 慈 (mercy, affection) and 愛 (love). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination has long been used to express deep, compassionate love.