Keyword
romantic love
Info
FrequencyTop 500-600
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 4
Heisig1885
Old form
Readings
こい
(74%)
れん
(24%)
Composed of
bloody knife
heart
Mnemonic

How to best interrupt someone's romantic love? With a bloody knife to the heart, of course. Every yandere knows that.

Used in vocabulary (132 in total)
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
(romantic) love
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to fall in love
yearned for; longed for; missed
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
first love; puppy love
(feelings of) love
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
to fall in love
to fall in love (with); to love
being in love with each other
sensual love; love affair
object of romantic interest
romance; love's pathway
one's rival in love
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
to love
love affair; love relationship
love letter
love; attachment; tender emotions; falling in love
blighted love; disappointed love
love; attachment; lovesickness
to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with
longing for others; wanting company
to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with
romantic film; love movie
love song; love poem
love story; romance
one's fate (fortune) as concerns love
one's view on love; one's philosophy of love
love ban; talent agency rule forbidding clients from getting involved in romantic relationships
great love; passionate affair
pain of love; love troubles
holding hands with fingers interlocked
love song; love poem
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
to miss; to yearn for
romantic TV series; romance TV show
holding hands with fingers interlocked
love story; romance
couple who are more than friends, but not in an intimate relationship
office romance; office love affair
love fortune-telling
love story; romance
illicit love affair
affectionately attached; reluctant to part
unrequited love; one-sided love
love problems; problem related to love
being in love with an idol, actor, etc.; fan who is in love with an idol, actor, etc.
to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with
history of one's love affairs
the feeling between (new) lovers
instruction in the ways of love
pseudo-romance; pseudo (mock) love affair
predisposition for love
to love
love's zephyr
attachment; love
one's rival in love
tragic love story; tale of tragic love
bad at romance; awkward in relationships
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
long distance relationship
rivalry in love; rivalry for the heart of a woman
looking for love; searching for a lover
illicit love
to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with
burial mound for person who died for love
looking for love; searching for a lover
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
bad at romance; awkward in relationships
first love; puppy love
affectionately attached; reluctant to part
lovesickness
tears of love
being in love with an idol, actor, etc.; fan who is in love with an idol, actor, etc.
cat in heat; cat in season
to miss; to yearn for
to yearn for; to miss
international romantic relationship
rivalry in love; rivalry for the heart of a woman
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
losing one's reason due to love; lack of judgment due to love
loving wife
garb of love; metaphor for love kept as close to one as clothing
wooing technique; the way to a man's (woman's) heart
secret love
love is blind
pretend romance; fantasy relationship
one's rival in love
dying of love
unrequited love; one-sided love
bad at romance; awkward in relationships
to begin to love
to live on love
to live deeply in love
to be lovesick
to cause heartache because of a (hidden) love; to be miserable because of love
comforting the lovelorn
oceans of love
lovesick period
haggard from love
(gen. of a woman) loving two or more partners without favour
purely sexual love; highly sexual love
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
desire for a fire that comes with the cold of autumn
desire for a fire that comes with the cold of autumn
longing for freedom when tied down; (lit.) caged bird's longing for the open sky
Examples (120 in total)
I fell in love with you.
I wonder if this is love.
It's not that I want a girlfriend, I just want to be in love.