恋愛
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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恋 | 愛 |
れん Grade: S |
あい Grade: 4 |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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戀愛 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]From Middle Chinese 戀愛 (MC ljwenH 'ojH).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- 恋愛結婚 (ren'ai kekkon): a marriage of love, love match
- 恋愛事件 (ren'ai jiken): a love affair
- 恋愛小説 (ren'ai shōsetsu): a romance novel
See also
[edit]Verb
[edit]恋愛する • (ren'ai suru) intransitive suru (stem 恋愛し (ren'ai shi), past 恋愛した (ren'ai shita))
- to fall in love
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "恋愛する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 恋愛し | れんあいし | ren'ai shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 恋愛し | れんあいし | ren'ai shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 恋愛する | れんあいする | ren'ai suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 恋愛する | れんあいする | ren'ai suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 恋愛すれ | れんあいすれ | ren'ai sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 恋愛せよ¹ 恋愛しろ² |
れんあいせよ¹ れんあいしろ² |
ren'ai seyo¹ ren'ai shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 恋愛される | れんあいされる | ren'ai sareru | |
Causative | 恋愛させる 恋愛さす |
れんあいさせる れんあいさす |
ren'ai saseru ren'ai sasu | |
Potential | 恋愛できる | れんあいできる | ren'ai dekiru | |
Volitional | 恋愛しよう | れんあいしよう | ren'ai shiyō | |
Negative | 恋愛しない | れんあいしない | ren'ai shinai | |
Negative continuative | 恋愛せず | れんあいせず | ren'ai sezu | |
Formal | 恋愛します | れんあいします | ren'ai shimasu | |
Perfective | 恋愛した | れんあいした | ren'ai shita | |
Conjunctive | 恋愛して | れんあいして | ren'ai shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 恋愛すれば | れんあいすれば | ren'ai sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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