Love

[Kei]

I've been looking for this around the the How to Wow and other vocab lists but I haven't found a good explanation. What are the ways to say love and how to use them?

Example:　あい

Thanks

[redfoxer]

you could also use koi. which can be used in as true love, first love, sort of love indicators sorta thing...i think (i dont have ime so i can write in kana ^^)

[battousai]

Before you get bombarded by the hundreds of cultural essays about the Japanese and how they use love..I'll give you the quick answer you can refer to.

noun + が すき です= I like whatever. For many reasons which will be explained by others but me, this can also mean I love. As in あなた が すき です.

Throw a だい in front of すき and it means like tremendously, and also, again, love..a lot.. As in あなた が だいすき です.

Then there's also あいする (愛する). This is the true "love verb", but for reasons that someone else will take an hour to type up, is only used in extreme circumstances and usually between close people. But this is the actual verb.

Edit: Just a quick note, I guessed by "how to say" you meant the verb. If you meant the noun, there are many ways including ai, koi, hatsukoi, and so on so forth which I'm too lazy to type up.

[dreamingxashley]

I looked up "love" In my dictionary...

Noun
ai - parental fraternal
ren'ai - between a man and woman

Verb
love (to) - aisuru (as a parent)
koi suru, and ren'ai suru - love between a man and woman.
koi ni ochiiru - to fall in love.

So, heres my question to add to the post: Is there a way to express romantic love between the same sex?

[clay]

Thanks for reminding me. I made a "Love" page years ago and haven't added it to the new database until now:
http://www.thejapanesepage.com/readarti ... cle_id=167

Clay

[Kei]

Thanks everyone. I was asking because when I would read manga I would come across koi. But was used to seeing ai. But then the verb is different so this really cleared things up.

[Datadog]

Now I'm curious - under what circumstances has "kuchi zuke" ever been used? I can't imagine asking a girl if she wants to attach her mouth to mine. Not in that wording, anyways. :p