愛してる
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 愛 |
| あい Grade: 4 |
| on’yomi |
Etymology
A phrase forming a complete sentence, consisting of 愛 (ai, “love”) + して (shite, conjunctive form of verb する suru, “to do”) + いる (iru, “to be, to be doing something”). The shite iru contracts in informal speech into shiteru.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [a̠i ɕi̥te̞ɾ̠ɯᵝ]
Phrase
愛してる (hiragana あいしてる, rōmaji ai shiteru)
- (informal) I'm in love with you, I love you
Usage notes
This literally just means “[someone] loves [someone]”, with the two “someones” (grammatical subject and object) understood from context.
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