あい1【愛】  (ai) |
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| 1 〔肉親などを思いやりいつくしむ気持ち〕 love; affection.  love のほうが affection より強い感情を表している. |
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|  無償の愛 selfless love. |
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| 親の愛に飢えた子供がますます増えている. An increasing number of children are starved of parental love. |
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| ・彼女は祖父母の限りなく深い愛に包まれて育った. She grew up enveloped in the boundless love of her grandparents. |
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| キリスト教では, 困っている人に愛の手を差しのべなさい, と教えている. Christianity teaches that one should extend a caring hand to those in need. |
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| ・それもみな先生の愛のむちだということがお前にはわからないのか. 〔親などが修業のつらさなどを訴える息子に向かって言うときなど〕 Can't you see that the Master's  only being cruel to be kind [doing it for your own good]? |
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| 2 〔異性を思う気持ち〕 love; affection. love のほうが affection より強い感情を表している. |
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| 愛なき結婚 a loveless marriage. |
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| 愛があれば年の差なんて. What does the difference in their ages matter, as long as they love each other! |
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| ・彼女に対する愛がさめた. His love [passion] for her cooled. |
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| ・監督と女優との間に愛が芽生えた. Love began to grow between the director and the actress. |
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| 思春期の愛と性の悩み the problems caused by love and sex in adolescence [puberty]. |
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| 玄宗皇帝は楊貴妃への愛に溺れて, 国を傾けてしまった. The Emperor Hs an Tsung of Tang was so besotted with Yang Kuei-fei that he sacrificed his empire for her. |
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| 愛の神 the god of love; 【ロ神話】 Cupid; 【ギ神話】 Eros |
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| ・愛の女神 the goddess of love; 【ロ神話】 Venus; 【ギ神話】 Aphrodite |
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| ・愛の証(あかし) a symbol [token, sign] of one's love |
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| ・彼女は自分に対する彼の愛の証の指輪をはずした. She took off the ring that had been a symbol of his love for her. |
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| ・愛の歌 a song of love; a love song |
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| ・この小説にはさまざまな愛の形が描かれている. The novel depicts a variety of types [aspects] of love. |
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| ・愛の口づけ a loving kiss |
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| ・愛の結晶 the fruit of 《a couple's》 love |
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| ・結婚して 10 年, ようやく二人は愛の結晶にめぐまれた. After ten years' marriage, their union was finally blessed with a child. |
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| ・愛の巣 〔新婚夫婦などの〕 a (loving couple's) happy home; 〔愛人との〕 a love nest. |
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| 愛を貫く be true to one's love 《to the end》; remain faithful [loyal] to one's lover; be forever true to one's love |
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| ・シンデレラは王子の愛を受け入れた. Cinderella welcomed [accepted] the Prince's love. |
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| ・彼女は思い切って彼に愛を打ち明けた. She summoned up her courage and confessed that she loved him [declared her love for him]. |
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| ・彼は彼女の耳もとで愛をささやいた. He murmured sweet nothings in her ear. |
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| ・チャペルで二人は永遠の愛を誓いあった. In the chapel they exchanged vows of eternal [everlasting] love. |
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| 3 〔一般的に物事を深く大切に思う気持ち〕 love; affection; care. love が最も強い感情を表している. |
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| 彼の絵には自然への愛が溢れている. His paintings are full of [overflowing with] his love of Nature. |
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| スメタナの交響詩『モルダウ』は祖国への彼の深い愛から生まれた. Smetana's symphonic poem The Moldau was born of his deep love for his homeland. |
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| 4 〔キリスト教での〕 (神の) love; (人間の間の) love; charity. |
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| 神の愛は全宇宙に注がれている. The love of God is poured out upon the whole of creation [fills the Universe]. |