When you are in love with someone special, or always thinking about the special person in your mind, how would you explain  your feelings in Japanese? Read on. I will show you various ways of showing your affection.

Vocabulary List:

Love ==> Ai (愛、あい)

To Love ==> Aisuru(愛する、あいする)

To Fall in Love ==> Koini ochiru （恋に落ちる、こいにおちる）

Love at first sight ==> Hitomebore (一目惚れ、ひとめぼれ)

In Japanese, we often use two words expressing, Love. One is Koi(恋、こい), and another is Ai(愛、あい). In my opinion, Ai means definitely much more stronger feeling of love towards someone special.

When you are constantly thinking about someone, wanting to see her/him, wanting to be on his/her side, you use Koi(恋、こい). The feeling expressed as Koi(恋、こい) is often the one way feelings only from you to the person.

Ai(愛、あい), on the other hand means, you feel that you want to devote your life to someone special, wanting to cherish the person with your sincere love.

Let me explain to you with some examples below:

I am in love with her. ==>

This expression is better translated “Bokuwa kanojo ni koi shiteimasu. (僕は、彼女に恋しています。ぼくは、かのじょに　こいして　います。)

We are in love. ==>

This expression is better translated “Watashi tachi wa aishi atte imasu. (私たちは、愛し合っています。わたしたちは、あいしあっています。)

I love her so much.==> 

This expression is better translated “Bokuwa (Watashiwa) kanojo o totemo aishiteimasu. (僕は（私は）、彼女をとても愛しています。ぼくは（わたしは）、かのじょを　とても　あいしています。)

~Some other common expressions related to Love.~

I can’t stop thinking about him.

Kareno kotoga atamakara hanarenai. (彼のことが、頭から離れない。かれのことが、あたまから　はなれない。)

I miss her so much. 

Kanojo ga inakute samishii. (彼女がいなくて　寂しい。かのじょがいなくて　さみしい。)

or

Kanojo ni aitai.(彼女に会いたい。かのじょに　あいたい。)

 She is my type. 

Kanojo wa bokuno taipu desu. (彼女は僕のタイプです。かのじょは、ぼくの　タイプです。)

 

Hope you got to know some expressions related to Love here in Japanese. Just remember, Ai (愛、あい) is much stronger feeling than Koi(恋、こい) in Japanese although both of them can be translated as “Love” in English!