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любовь, влюбленность, любить, возлюбить, хотеть, любовный, возлюбленный

существительное ↓

- любовь, привязанность, приязнь

- влюблённость, любовь, страсть

- предмет любви, возлюбленный; возлюбленная

my love — дорогой, дорогая
don’t let us quarrel, my love — не будем ссориться, любимая
I have lost my love — я потеряла любимого человека
an old love of mine — моя старая /давняя/ пассия
the outdoors is her greatest love — больше всего на свете она любит природу; природа

- прост. душечка, голубушка (обращение к посторонней)

where’s your ticket, love? — где ваш билет, девушка /дорогая/?

- разг. кто-л. или что-л. привлекательное

what a little love of a child! — какой прелестный ребёнок!, какая прелесть!
he is an old love — он чудесный /милый/ старичок
what loves of teacups! — какая прелесть эти чашки!

- (Love) Эрос, амур, купидон
- любовная интрига; любовная история

his first love — его первая любовь, его первый роман

- спорт. ноль

глагол ↓

- любить

to love one’s wife [one’s children, one’s parents] — любить жену [детей, родителей]
to love one’s country — любить свою родину, быть патриотом
I love my work [my friends] — я люблю свою работу [своих друзей]

- ласкать (друг друга)

that night they loved — эту ночь они провели вместе

- любить (что-л.); находить удовольствие (в чём-л.); хотеть (чего-л.)

to love comfort [golf, sea-bathing] — любить комфорт [гольф, морские купания]
I love the way he smiles — мне ужасно нравится, как он улыбается
I love ice-cream — я обожаю мороженое
some people love to find fault — некоторые люди любят придираться; некоторым людям доставляет удовольствие находить недостатки
will you come with me? — I should love to
I would so love to see you again — я бы так хотел /я был бы так рад/ увидеть вас снова

- нуждаться в чём-л.

roses love sunlight — розы любят свет
cactus loves dry air — кактус любит сухой воздух /не растёт в сырости/
love me, love my dog — любишь меня, люби и мою собаку; принимай меня таким, какой я есть
to love smb., smth. as the devil loves holy water — ≅ любить кого-л., что-л. как собака палку

Мои примеры

Словосочетания

children need a lot of love — детям нуждаются в большом внимании и заботе (досл. в большой любви)
a love song’s melting lyrics — трогательный текст песни о любви
a love quiz in a magazine — любовная викторина в журнале
a fitting symbol of spousal love — подходящий символ супружеской любви
to wrap smb. in a cocoon of love — окружать кого-л. любовью
dead to all love — безразличный к любви
display of love — проявление любви
enfolded in love — окружённый любовью
genuine love — искренняя любовь
love of adventure — любовь к приключениям
in the largeness of his love — в бесконечности его любви
to languish for love — жаждать любви

Примеры с переводом

I love you so.

Я так тебя люблю.

I love cooking.

Я обожаю готовить.

What a love!

Что за прелесть!

She loves her husband deeply.

Она сильно любит своего мужа.

I love carrots.

Я обожаю морковку.

I fell in love with Amsterdam the very first time I visited the city.

Я влюбился в Амстердам, как только в первый раз попал в этот город.

Give my love to Mary.

Передавай Мэри от меня привет.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

…the poem is a vivacious expression of his love for her…

…clubbed together to share their love of model rockets…

His new writing job wedded his love of words and his eye for fashion.

Для того чтобы добавить вариант перевода, кликните по иконке ☰, напротив примера.

Возможные однокоренные слова

lovable — привлекательный, милый
loveless — без любви, нелюбящий, нелюбимый
lovely — прекрасный, милый, красивый, красотка
lover — любовник, любитель, возлюбленный, поклонник, друг, приверженец, доброжелатель
loving — любящий, любвеобильный, нежный, преданный
loved — любимый
lovage — зоря, любисток лекарственный, любисток

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: love
he/she/it: loves
ing ф. (present participle): loving
2-я ф. (past tense): loved
3-я ф. (past participle): loved

noun
ед. ч.(singular): love
мн. ч.(plural): loves

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99 Ways to Confess Your Love in English

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99 Ways to Confess Your Love in English

There are so many ways to say «I love you» In our article you will find 99 declarations of love in English: if you love — confess, and the world will be better!

You can declare your love (to confess one’s love or to declare one’s love) with the help of the international “I love you”. But what if you want to do it in a more original way? Indeed, in English, there are at least 98 more phrases for expressing tender feelings!

We suggest memorizing similar expressions in 4 steps:

Find and learn the simplest, most commonly used options. In our case, these are “I love you” and “I’m in love with you”.
Start learning phrases that are similar in meaning. Don’t think about shades of meaning yet. And don’t try to learn everything at once.
Take a break from your studies! Now practice awaits you. Take an English course — listen and note what phrases other students use. Or take a free Skype lesson and confess your love to the teacher!
Go back to textbooks and dictionaries. Understand how the various expressions differ from each other.

We have already laid out a «romantic vocabulary» for those who want to tell others about their relationship, and now we give a list of phrases that will help you confess your feelings. Learn the ones that you like, and do not postpone recognition of your loved ones on the back burner!

The form of your recognition will depend on your goal:

Sincerity

If you want to make it clear that your feelings are sincere

1. «I love you.»	I love you.
2. «I adore you.»	I adore you.
3. «I’m totally into you.»	I’m head over heels in love (Lena) with you.
4. «I love you from the bottom of my heart.»	I love you with all my heart.
5. «You mean so much to me.»	You mean a lot to me.
6. «I’m yours.»	I am yours (me).
7. «You complete me.»	You complement me.
8. «I’m in love with you.»	I’m in love (Lena) with you.
9. «There is no other.»	You are the only one for me.
10. «You’re my ideal woman.»	You are my ideal woman.

Compliment

If you want to raise his / her self-esteem

11. «You’re my Prince Charming.»	You are my beautiful prince.
12. «You’re my angel.»	You are my angel.
13. «You’re my princess.»	You’re my princess.
14. «You’re incredible.»	You are incredible.
15. «You’re my baby.»	You are my baby.
16. «You’re my king.»	YOU are my king.
17. «You’re mine.»	You are mine (me).
18. «You’re amazing.»	You are amazing.

Reciprocity

If you want to convince him / her to respond to your feelings

19. «We’re perfect for each other.»	We are made for each other.
20. «We’re a good match.»	We match each other.
21. «You can’t deny what’s between us.»	Obviously, we have feelings for each other.
22. “We’re meant for each other.”	Fate brought us together.
23. «We complete each other.»	We complement each other.

Romance

If you have always dreamed of visiting the place of the hero of a love story

24. «I’m infatuated with you.»	You have turned my head.
25. «You’re my lover.»	You are my Love.
26. «You’re captivating.»	You have captivated me.
27. «I’m addicted to you.»	I’m crazy about you.
28. “You’re perfect.”	You are perfect.
29. «I’ve totally fallen for you.»	I fell head over heels in love with you.

The first step

If you want to talk about nascent feelings

30. «I’ve got a thing for you.»	I have special feelings for you.
31. «I have feelings for you.»	I have feelings for you.
32. «I feel something for you.»	I feel something for you.
33. «I’m drawn to you.»	I’m attracted to you.
34. «I think of you as more than a friend.»	You are more than a friend to me.
35. «I’ve got a crush on you.»	I have a crush on you.
36. «I’ve had a crush on you for a long time.»	I have a crush on you for a long time.
37. «I think I’m in love with you.»	I think I fell in love with you.
38. «I think you’re the one.»	I think you are the one I was looking for.

Cheerful flirting

If you don’t want your words to sound too serious

39. «Love ya!»	Love you!
40. «We make a good team.»	We would make a good team!
41. «You’re so awesome.»	You are just something !, You are amazing!
42. «I’d for us to get together.»	I want you to be with me.

The ardor of passion

If you want to add fire

43. «You’ve got what I need.»	I need you.
44. «I want you.»	I want you.
45. «Let’s get it on.»	Let’s do it (Let’s make love)
46. »I must have you.»	You should (na) be mine (her).
47. «You make me burn with desire.»	I am burning with desire.
48. «I’m burning for you.»	I’m all (all) on fire.
49. «I need you.»	I need you (on).

Loud words

If you don’t mind exaggerating slightly (perhaps as a joke)

50. «I worship you.»	I adore you.
51. «I’m crazy about you.»	I’m crazy about you.
52. «We’re soul mates.»	We are soul mates.
53. «You make me want to be a better man.»	You made me want to be better.
54. «We were meant to be together.»	We are destined for each other.
55. «I can’t live without you.»	I can not live without you.
56. «You’re my goddess.»	You are my Goddess.
57. «I can’t bear to be apart from you.»	I cannot bear to be separated from you.
58. «I idolize you.»	I pray for you.
59. «You’re my everything.»	You are all for me.

Poetry of love

If you sat down to write poetry or a love letter

60. «I’m smitten with you.»	I am captivated by you.
61. «I yearn for you.»	I miss you.
62. «You turn me inside out.»	You turned my soul over.
63. «You’ve put a spell on me.»	You have bewitched me.
64. «I’m under your spell.»	I am at the mercy of your spell.
65. «My heart calls out for you.»	My heart is calling out to you.
66. «You make me feel young again.»	With you I feel young again.

The test of time

If you have been together for a long time

67. “You’re my sweetie.”	You are my (me) sweet (ah).
68. «You’re my sunshine.»	You are my sun.
69. «You’re my other half.»	You are my soul mate.
70. «You’re my darling.»	You are my (me) dear (s).
71. «I’m devoted to you.»	I am devoted to you.

Debriefing

If you want to clarify something in your relationship

72. «I want to take this slow.»	Let’s take our time.
73. «This is more than a crush.»	This is more than just a hobby.
74. «I can’t get over you.»	I can not forget you.
75. «I’m ready to take it to the next level.»	I want to take our relationship to a new level.
76. «I think I wanna have your baby!»	I think I want children from you!

Cool words

If you are the type of person who uses slang

77. «I’m hooked on you.»	I’m sticking out of you.
78. «I’m all about you.»	I trudge from you.
79. «I’m down with you.»	I am alienated from you.
80. «You’re my man.»	You are my man.
81. «You’re my girl.»	You are my girl.

Calm, only calm !.

If you are not prone to violent expressions of emotions

82. «I’m rather partial to you.»	I’m not indifferent to you (on).
83. «You’re not bad.»	And you are nothing.
84. «I kinda you.»	I like you (on).
85. «I’m fond of you.»	I really like you.
86. «I have a soft spot for you.»	I have a weakness for you.

Scientific rigor

If you just want to objectively describe your feelings

87. «I’m physically attracted to you.»	You attract me physically.
88. «You are the object of my affection.»	You are the object of my affection.
89. «We have a good chemistry.»	We are quite compatible.
90. «I feel affectionate toward you.»	I am attached to you.
91. «I care for you deeply.»	I am deeply not indifferent to you (not indifferent).

Old fashioned? Not at all!

If you are not afraid to use expressions that are already deprecated

92. “You’re my best girl.”	You are my sweetheart.
93. «I’m sweet on you.»	I am dreaming of you.
94. «Do you want to go steady?»	Do you want to be friends with me?
95. «Will you go with me?»	Will you date me?
96. “Roses are red; violets are blue; sugar is sweet, and so are you. ”	“Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet — just like you, my dear.” (Quote from love poetry)
97. «I’m enamored with you.»	I am a prisoner of love.
98. «I’m mad about you.»	I’m losing my head on you.
99. «I hereby declare my love and affection toward you.»	I hereby declare my love and affection for you.

Well, how many phrases could you learn in one go? And which ones have already been applied in practice?

Share in the comments — and don’t forget to come back to our list of love words from time to time.

And in the end: the love you take is equal to the love you make! Love you!

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It is clear where the confusion can arise between the words many and much: in Russian they have the same meaning. Both words convey the idea of plurality and indicate a large number of those objects to which they refer.

What, then, is the difference between them? And when is many used, and when is much? In order not to confuse these two words with each other, you need to remember small rules.

Countable and uncountable nouns

The words much and many each refer to the object that follows it. The choice of one of these two words depends on the type of the subsequent noun.

All nouns can be divided into two groups: countable and uncountable. The division into these two classes is based on the ability to count objects. Let’s look at this principle with an example: take the word chair.

It has both singular and plural forms: chair — chairs. If we imagine a set of chairs, we can count how many items it contains: one chair, two chairs, and so on.

If we take another noun, for example, snow (snow), then we will not be able to count what elements a lot of snow consists of.

Nouns of the first type that behave like chair are called countable, and nouns of the second type, like snow, are called uncountable.

Many and much: the rule of thumb

How much and many have to do with this? The most direct: the category of calculability of a noun determines which of these words will be used. Let’s turn to the examples we are already familiar with. Chair is a countable item, so many will be used with it. Snow is an uncountable noun, which means that if we want to convey the idea of a large number, we will use much with it.

I need many chairs for the party — I need many chairs for the holiday.
There is much snow in the city — There is a lot of snow in the city.

Thus, for many or much, the rule can be deduced: many appears with countable nouns, and much with uncountable nouns.

Source: https://puzzle-english.com/directory/muchmany

How do you say «zero» in English?

«Zero» Is the first word that comes to mind. However, it is not possible to use zero in all situations and contexts. Insidious zero has several translation options. Didn’t know about it? Let’s figure it out!

Zero — in the weather forecast

So that you don’t get confused, let’s remember that when they talk about scales, measuring instruments, the zero mark is called zero. For example, on a thermometer:

above zero — above zero below zero — below zero

reduce to zero — reduce to zero

Zero — in phone numbers, designations of dates, numbers, symbols

If we are talking about numbers as signs or values:

The child knows figures from zero to ten. — The child knows numbers from zero to ten.

Zero is nothing, in an abstract sense, so zero can also be the adjective «zero equal to zero»:

zero rate — zero rate zero chances — zero chances

zero visibility — zero visibility

When it comes to drawing a symbol, or zero, as a mathematical symbol, then most often they use another word — nought [nɔːt]… For example, a well-known children’s game is not called “zeros and crosses”, but “noughts and crosses”:

You missed one nought and the sum is not accurate. — You missed zero and the amount is incorrect.

If you write in numbers one million, there are six noughts. — If you write one million in numbers, then there are six zeros in it.

In spoken English, especially when naming a series of numbers, the number zero is read like the English letter O [əu]… When you call phone numbers, bank account numbers, you don’t have to say zero or nought, just say oh [əu]:

30604 — three oh six oh four

098 500 20 — oh nine eight five double oh two oh

When the year is named, they also use oh [əu]:

2003 — twenty oh three

1907 — nineteen oh seven

By the way, you can learn more about how to talk about dates in English from the material “Dates, phone numbers and prices in English”.

When naming decimal fractions, you can use both oh and zero and nought:

0.5 — oh point five / zero point five / nought point five

0.03 — oh point oh three / zero point zero three / nought point nought three

Another nuance — the word nought is sometimes spelled as naught, although it is not so common and is considered a little outdated.

Zero — in sports

In sports, very different words are used for zero score. In football, when the score of the game is called, the word nil is used:

We won three-nil. — We won three-zero.

They drew nil-nil. — They played a zero-zero draw.

But in tennis, zero is denoted by the completely unexpected word love:

The score was twenty love. — The score was twenty-zero.

The match ended with the score love all. — The game ended with a score of zero-zero.

Source: https://enginform.com/article/nol-na-angliyskom

Spelling correctly: receptionist Spelling correctly: receptionist

There are words in the Russian language that are often used in speech, but they cannot be found in any academic dictionary. So these words don’t exist? These are the so-called Americanisms, borrowed from the American version of the English language. To find out how the word «reception» is spelled correctly, one of them, one must try to trace its history.

The history of the word «reception», what does it mean

The word «reception», which gave rise to the Russian version, «reception», means a place on the first floor of a hotel, casino, club, where the administrator meets and registers the guests of the establishment. In the modern version, the reception is the counter at which the employee sits, his duties include viewing the documents of arriving and entering their data into the computer system.

The hotel reception was located in the right corner of the hall.

From the reception they called the manager: a guest trying to enter the casino is blacklisted in many countries.

Those unfamiliar with the specifics of the service sector think that the receptionists are just the beautiful «face» of the establishment. In fact, receptionists have to do a lot: carefully look through the documents of guests, register them correctly, recognize regular customers in the face and know their special wishes, be ready to call security in the event of suspicious individuals, and this is not a complete list of their duties.

The morphological properties of the word «reception» are as follows: it is a masculine noun of the second declension, inanimate, case-changing. True, it is not considered a deviation from the norm if they use the «reception» and in a non-declining version.

Tatyana is on duty at the reception today.

At the reception there were two large vases, one with fruit and the other with flowers: these were gifts from the administration to the girls working there.

How to write «reception» correctly

«Reception» is a typical Americanism, that is, a word that appeared in the United States, then spread throughout the world and penetrated into the Russian language in the form of «tracing paper» from the original. There are a lot of Americanisms in the Russian language now: respect, lava, people, house — here are some of them. In no case should Americanisms be confused with words of foreign origin. For example, the word «parliament» is not Americanism at all, but a full-fledged word with clear rules for spelling and pronunciation.

In the question of how to write Americanisms correctly, there are no uniform rules. They are not entered into official dictionaries, as they change in cases and in number — there is no clear opinion. For this reason, it is permissible to use them in oral speech, and in writing, one should try to replace them with equivalent Russian expressions. Instead of «reception» in writing, it is better to use, for example, «reception desk» or «reception-receptionist».

When linguists are asked how to write «reception» correctly, some recommend another option, after three «e» — «reception». The last version of the spelling is cited by Wikipedia as more correct, and «reception» is considered a valid vernacular. Taking into account the fact that the word is absent in academic dictionaries, it should be used in writing only if absolutely necessary.

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How to spell «zero or zero» correctly

Source: https://textexpert.ru/kak-pravilno-pishetsya-resepshn/

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

loue (obsolete typography)

Pronunciation[edit]

enPR: lŭv, IPA^(key): /lʌv/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [lʌv]
- (General American) IPA^(key): [ɫʌv]
- (General Australian) IPA^(key): [ɫäv~ɫɐv]
- (India) IPA^(key): [lɘʋ], [lɘv]
- (Northern England, Ireland) IPA^(key): /lʊv/
Rhymes: -ʌv

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English love, luve, from Old English lufu, from Proto-West Germanic *lubu, from Proto-Germanic *lubō, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“love, care, desire”).

The close of a letter sense is presumably a truncation of With love or the like.

The verb is from Middle English loven, luvien, from Old English lufian (“to love”), from Proto-West Germanic *lubōn (“to love”), derived from the noun.

Eclipsed non-native English amour (“love”), borrowed from French amour (“love”).

Cognates include Russian любовь (ljubovʹ), Polish lubić and Sanskrit लोभ (lobha, “desire, greed”).

Noun[edit]

Primates need love

love (countable and uncountable, plural loves)

(uncountable) A deep caring for the existence of another.
(uncountable) Strong affection.

Antonyms: hate, hatred, angst, indifference
1. A profound and caring affection towards someone.
  
  A mother’s love is not easily shaken.
  
  My husband’s love is the most important thing in my life.
  - 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
    
    He on his side / Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love / Hung over her enamoured.
  - 2014, S. Hidden, Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Mystical Perspectives on the Love of God (→ISBN)
2. Affectionate, benevolent concern or care for other people or beings, and for their well-being.
  - 1864, Utilitarianism Explained and Exemplified in Moral and Political Government:
    
    The love of your neighbor as yourself, is expressly given as the definition and test of Charity,—not alms-giving—and this love is […] the highest of all the Divine commands[.]
  - 1963, King, Jr., Martin Luther, “A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart”, in Strength to Love‎^[1], New York: Pocket Books, published 1964, →OCLC, page 7:
    
    Through nonviolent resistance we shall be able to oppose the unjust system and at the same time love the perpetrators of the system. We must work passionately and unrelentingly for full stature as citizens, but may it never be said, my friends, that to gain it we used the inferior methods of falsehood, malice, hate, and violence.
3. A feeling of intense attraction towards someone.
  
  I have never been in love as much as I have with you.
  - 1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, page 39:
    
    Heav’n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn’d, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn’d.
  - 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
    
    The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.
4. A deep or abiding liking for something; an enthusiasm for something.
  
  My love of cricket knows no bounds.
  - 2012, Philip Auerswald, The Coming Prosperity, →ISBN:
    
    For three decades, the average number of miles driven by US motorists increased steadily. Then, in 2007, that steady climb was suddenly halted. […] What magic caused Americans to temper their longstanding love of the open road?
(countable) A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.

Synonyms: baby, darling, honey, lover, pet, sweetheart; see also Thesaurus:sweetheart
- 1595, Edmund Spenser, Epithalamion
  
  Open the temple gates unto my love.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
  
  O love, dispatch all business, and be gone!
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
  
  ‘Oh, my love, my love!’ she murmured, ‘wilt thou ever know how I have loved thee?’ and she kissed him on the forehead, and then went and stood in the pathway of the flame of Life.
- 1969, The Dubliners, Dirty Old Town:
  
  I met my love by the gasworks wall.
(colloquial, Commonwealth) A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.

Synonyms: mate, darling, lovey, sweetie, sweetheart

Hello love, how can I help you?
A thing, activity, etc. which is the object of one’s deep liking or enthusiasm.
- 1997 March, «Faces of Today’s Black Woman», in Ebony, volume 52, number 5, page 96:
  
  But it wasn’t until [Theresa M. Claiborne] went to ROTC training camp at the University of California at Berkeley that she discovered that flying was her first love. «Pilots talk about getting bit by the flying bug,» she says. «I thought, This is heaven.»
(euphemistic) Sexual desire; attachment based on sexual attraction.

Synonyms: aphrodisia, carnality; see also Thesaurus:lust
- 2013, Ronald Long, Men, Homosexuality, and the Gods, Routledge, →ISBN, page 3:
  
  The prospect that their cherished Greeks would have countenanced, much less honored, a love between men that expressed itself carnally, however, was not so easily assimilated.
(euphemistic) Sexual activity.

Synonyms: lovemaking, sex; see also Thesaurus:copulation
- 1986, Ben Elton & al., Blackadder II, «Bells»:
  
  —What think you, my lord, of… love?
  
  —You mean ‘rumpy-pumpy’.
An instance or episode of being in love; a love affair.

Synonym: romance
- 2014, E. L. Todd, Then Came Absolution, →ISBN:
  
  Maybe it was just a summer love, something with no future.
Used as the closing, before the signature, of a letter, especially between good friends or family members, or by the young.
Alternative letter-case form of Love (“personification of love”).
- c. 1810,, Samuel Johnson (in The Works of Samuel Johnson):
  
  At busy hearts in vain love’s arrows fly; […]
(obsolete) A thin silk material.
- 1664, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours, […]
  
  Such a kind of transparency, as that of a Sive, a piece of Cyprus, or a Love-Hood.
A climbing plant, Clematis vitalba.

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

love (third-person singular simple present loves, present participle loving, simple past and past participle loved)

(usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).
- 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter VI, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, volume 1, New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:
  
  wanted to take her in my arms and tell her how I loved her, and had taken her hand from the rail and started to draw her toward me when Olson came blundering up on deck with his bedding.
- 2013 February 26, Pink and Nate Ruess, Just Give Me a Reason:
  
  Just give me a reason, / just a little bit’s enough, / just a second we’re not broken, just bent / and we can learn to love again.
I love my spouse. I love you! I love that song!
(transitive) To need, thrive on.

Mold loves moist, dark places.
(transitive) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.

I love walking barefoot on wet grass; I’d love to join the team; I love what you’ve done with your hair
(usually transitive, sometimes intransitive) To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).
- John 3:16
  
  For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- Matthew: 22:37-38
  
  You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and your whole mind, and your whole soul; you shall love your neighbor as yourself.
- 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:
  
  The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […] offering services that let you […] «share the things you love with the world» and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people’s control of their own attention.
(transitive) To derive delight from a fact or situation.

I love the fact that the coffee shop now offers fat-free chai latte.
(transitive, euphemistic) To have sex with (perhaps from make love).

I wish I could love her all night long.

Conjugation[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

(have a strong affection for): adore, cherish; see also Thesaurus:love
(have sexual intercourse with): enjoy, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with

Antonyms[edit]

hate, despise, fear

Derived terms[edit]

all’s fair in love and war
cupboard love
fall in love
first love
I love you
in love
lady love
love affair
love at first sight
love bird, lovebird
love bite, lovebite
love bomb
love bug
love child
love cycle
love egg
love feast
love game
love goggles
love grass
love handle
love interest
love is blind
love language
love life
love match
love nest
love on
love polygon
love potion
love rat
love rose
love seat
love song
love story
love tap
love toy
love triangle
love-hate
love-in
love-in-a-mist
love-making
love-shyness
lovebunny
loved-up
loveday
loveless
lovely
lover
lovertine
loveship
lovesick
lovesome
lovestone
loveworthy
lovey-dovey
loving kindness
loyal love
make love
no love lost
platonic love
puppy love
tough love
true love
unrequited love
zouk love

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Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Now widely believed (due to historical written record) to be from the idea that when one does a thing “for love”, that is for no monetary gain, the word “love” implying «nothing».

The former assumption that it had originated from French l’œuf (literally “the egg”), due to its shape, has largely been discredited and is no longer widely accepted.

Needless to say, the apparent similarity of the shape of an egg to a zero has inspired similar analogies, such as the use of duck (reputed to be short for duck’s egg) for a zero score at cricket, and goose egg for «zero».

Noun[edit]

love (uncountable)

(racquet sports, billiards) Zero, no score.

So that’s fifteen-love to Kournikova.
- 2013, Paul McNamee, Game Changer: My Tennis Life
  
  The next day Agassi came back from two sets to love down to beat Courier in five sets.
Nothing; no recompense.
- 1916, H. Rider Haggard, The Ivory Child
  
  I fought the white man for less than sixpence. I fought him for love, which is nothing at all.

Translations[edit]

zero

Albanian: zero (sq)
Catalan: res (ca), zero (ca) m
Danish: nul (da)
Dutch: nul (nl)
Esperanto: nulo (eo)
Finnish: nolla (fi)
French: zéro (fr)
German: null (de)
Hebrew: אפס‎ (he) m (éfes)
Hungarian: null (hu), semmi (hu)
Italian: zero (it)
Japanese: ラブ (ja) (rabu), 零点 (ja) (reiten)
Latin: nulli
Macedonian: нула (mk) f (nula)
Norwegian: null (no)
Polish: zero (pl), jajo (pl)
Portuguese: zero (pt)
Russian: ноль (ru) m (nolʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: neoni
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ну̏ла f

Latin: nȕla (sh) f
Slovak: nula (sk) f
Spanish: cero (es), nada (es)
Swedish: noll (sv)
Tagalog: wala (tl)
Tamil: காதல் (ta) (kātal), அன்பு (ta) (aṉpu)
Vietnamese: không (vi)
West Frisian: nul (fy)

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

love (third-person singular simple present loves, present participle loving, simple past and past participle loved)

Alternative form of lofe (“to praise, sell”)

References[edit]

love at OneLook Dictionary Search
love in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
“love”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams[edit]

levo, levo-, velo-, vole, voël

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈlovɛ]
Hyphenation: lo‧ve

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Romani love.

Noun[edit]

love f pl

(slang) money

Synonym: prachy

Declension[edit]

Indeclinable.

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

love m

vocative singular of lov

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːvə/, [ˈlɔːʋə], [ˈlɔːʊ]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Low German lōve, from Proto-Germanic *galaubô, cognate with German Glaube.

Noun[edit]

love c

(obsolete) trust, faith

only in the phrase på tro og love (“solemnly”)

References[edit]

“love,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse lofa, from Proto-Germanic *(ga)lubōną, cognate with Swedish lova (“to promise; to praise”), German loben (“to praise”), geloben (“to vow”), Dutch loven (“to praise”).

Verb[edit]

love (past tense lovede, past participle lovet)

to promise
(solemn) to praise

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

“love,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
“love,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3[edit]

See See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

love c

indefinite plural of lov

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

love

(archaic) singular present subjunctive of loven

Anagrams[edit]

velo, voel

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

love

inflection of lover:
1. first-person /third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams[edit]

vélo, vole, volé

Friulian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin lupa, feminine of lupus. Compare Venetian lova, French louve.

Pronunciation[edit]

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Noun[edit]

love f (plural lovis)

she-wolf

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lôf

Hunsrik[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈloːvə/

Verb[edit]

love

to praise

Inari Sami[edit]

Inari Sami numbers ^(edit)

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← 1	← 9	10	11 →	20 →
	1
Cardinal: love Ordinal: lovváád

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *lokē

Numeral[edit]

love

Inflection[edit]

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Middle Dutch[edit]

Noun[edit]

lōve

dative singular of lof

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old English lufu, from Proto-West Germanic *lubu, from Proto-Germanic *lubō.

Alternative forms[edit]

lof, lofe, louf, luf, lufe, luff, luffe, luve
leove, lofve, lufæ (early)

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈluv(ə)/, /ˈloːv(ə)/

Noun[edit]

love (plural loves)

Love; strong and deep affection:
1. Sexual or romantic desire (in humans and animals)
2. Theosis, sanctification, or love as a means to attain it.
One who one loves; a loved individual:
1. A lover; a sexual or romantic partner.
2. A personification or embodiment of love.
3. (Christianity) The Holy Spirit (or less often, God generally).
A peace treaty; the ending of hostilities.
(rare) Permission, consent.

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lovable
loveache
loveday
loveles
lovely
loven
lovere
loverede
lovesom
lovynge

Descendants[edit]

English: love
Scots: luve, lufe
Yola: loove

References[edit]

“lǒve, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Old English lāfe, oblique singular of lāf, from Proto-West Germanic *laibu, from Proto-Germanic *laibō; compare leven (“to halt”), which some forms are influenced by.

Alternative forms[edit]

lave, leve, loove
lafe, læve, loave (early)

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːv(ə)/
(Northern) IPA^(key): /laːf/, /ˈlaːv(ə)/

Noun[edit]

love (uncountable)

The remainder or rest; that which is left.
- c. 1375, “Book VI”, in Iohne Barbour, De geſtis bellis et uirtutibus domini Roberti de Brwyß […] (The Brus, Advocates MS. 19.2.2)‎^[4], Ouchtirmunſye: Iohannes Ramſay, published 1489, folio 21, recto, lines 431-434; republished at Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, c. 2010:
  
  Thyꝛwall þ[at] was þ[air] capitain / Wes þ[air] in þe baꝛgain slain / ⁊ off his men þe maſt p[ar]ty / Ϸe laue fled full affrayitly
  
  Thirlwall, who was their commander / was killed there in the struggle / with the greatest part of his men; / the rest fled very frightened.
(rare) A widow; a woman whose husband has died.

Synonyms: relicte, widwe

Descendants[edit]

English: lave
Scots: lave

References[edit]

“lōve, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowed from Old Norse lófi, from Proto-Germanic *lōfô; compare glove.

Alternative forms[edit]

lof, loove, louf, luf, lufe, luff, luffe

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈloːv(ə)/, /loːf/

Noun[edit]

love (plural loves)

(chiefly Northern) The palm (inner part of the hand)

Descendants[edit]

English: loof
Scots: luif, lufe, luff

References[edit]

“lọ̄ve, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 4[edit]

Verb[edit]

love

Alternative form of loven (“to love”)

Etymology 5[edit]

Verb[edit]

love

Alternative form of loven (“to praise”)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse lofa.

Verb[edit]

love (imperative lov, present tense lover, simple past and past participle lova or lovet, present participle lovende)

to praise

Verb[edit]

love (imperative lov, present tense lover, simple past lova or lovet or lovte or lovde, past participle lova or lovet or lovt or lovd, present participle lovende)

to promise

(as an adjective) det lovede land — the Promised Land

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løfte

References[edit]

“love” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Verb[edit]

love (present tense lovar or lover, past tense lova or lovde, past participle lova or lovt or lovd, present participle lovande, imperative lov)

Alternative form of lova

Noun[edit]

love m (definite singular loven, indefinite plural lovar, definite plural lovane)

Alternative form of lóve

Anagrams[edit]

vole

Romani[edit]

Noun[edit]

love

plural of lovo
money

Descendants[edit]

→ French: lové
→ Hungarian: lóvé
→ Romanian: lovea
→ Russian: лавэ́ (lavɛ́)
→ Scots: lowie
→ Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: ло́ва
- Latin script: lóva
→ Slovak: lóve

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Noun[edit]

love (Cyrillic spelling лове)

vocative singular of lov

Verb[edit]

love (Cyrillic spelling лове)

third-person plural present of loviti

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I do not know when the time my life became so lackluster?Can you imagine a person who has no feelings about festivals,even his daily life?I,stuck in this situation,do not know how to do!I know where the problem is : I cannot love!Lacking in friends,I walk by myself in the travel of life and feel so desolate! To my mind,estrangement exists in human relationship and I always tends to live alone.However,the sense of solitude always surge in my mind as I gradually grow older.Now,I just barely withstand this solitary sense!I think everyone needs a number of souls to accompany him in life.In this way,each derives

abundance from each other!What I got was so poor;as a result,I feel my life so stagnant!I learn that our life is somehow entangled with others,even a stranger!Life is never a thing of one person.We all need to live for others.

How I wish I can live for a girl and learn the lesson of «love»!

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noun

a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.

a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.

sexual passion or desire.

a person toward whom love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart.

(used as a term of endearment, affection, or the like): Would you like to see a movie, love?

Love, a personification of sexual affection, as Eros or Cupid.

affectionate concern for the well-being of others: the love of one’s neighbor.

strong predilection, enthusiasm, or liking for anything: her love of books.

the object or thing so liked: The theater was her great love.

the benevolent affection of God for His creatures, or the reverent affection due from them to God.

Chiefly Tennis. a score of zero; nothing.

a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter L.

verb (used with object), loved, lov·ing.

to have love or affection for: All her students love her.

to have a profoundly tender, passionate affection for (another person).

to have a strong liking for; take great pleasure in: to love music.

to need or require; benefit greatly from: Plants love sunlight.

to embrace and kiss (someone), as a lover.

to have sexual intercourse with.

verb (used without object), loved, lov·ing.

to have love or affection for another person; be in love.

Verb Phrases

love up, to hug and cuddle: She loves him up every chance she gets.

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Idioms about love

for love,

out of affection or liking; for pleasure.
without compensation: He volunteered at the animal shelter for love.

for the love of, in consideration of; for the sake of: For the love of mercy, stop that noise.

in love, infused with or feeling deep affection or passion: a youth always in love.

in love with, feeling deep affection or passion for (a person, idea, occupation, etc.); enamored of: in love with the girl next door;in love with one’s work.

make love,

to embrace and kiss as lovers.
to engage in sexual activity.

no love lost, dislike; animosity: There was no love lost between the two brothers.

Origin of love

First recorded before 900; Middle English noun love, louve, luve, Old English lufu, cognate with Old Frisian luve, Old High German luba, Gothic lubō; verb derived from the noun; akin to Latin lubēre (later libēre ) “to be pleasing,” Slavic (Polish ) lubić “to like, enjoy,” see also lief

OTHER WORDS FROM love

outlove, verb (used with object), out·loved, out·lov·ing.o·ver·love, verb, o·ver·loved, o·ver·lov·ing.

Words nearby love

Louÿs, lovable, lovage, lovastatin, lovat, love, loveable, love affair, love apple, love arrows, love at first sight

MORE ABOUT LOVE

What is a basic definition of love?

Love is an intense, deep affection for another person. Love also means to feel this intense affection for someone. Love can also refer to a strong like for something or to like something a lot. Love has many other senses both as a verb and a noun.

It is difficult to explain what love is. Love is one of the most intense emotions humans feel in life. It is the opposite of hate, another incredibly intense emotion. When you would do anything for a specific person, that’s usually because you feel love for them.

There are many kinds of deep affection you can have for another person, and they can all be described as love. The love you feel for your parents won’t be the same love you feel for a close friend or a romantic partner. You can also have a strong emotional bond with an animal, such as your dog. That, too, is love.

Real-life examples: Spouses hopefully feel love toward each other. It is expected that a parent will have feelings of love for their child. Valentine’s Day is a celebration of love.
Used in a sentence: The man always helped his daughter out of love for her.

Love is used in this same sense to mean to feel love toward another person. People who romantically love each other are said to be “in love” and are called lovers. These terms generally imply romantic or sexual attraction.

Real-life examples: Romeo loved Juliet. Most parents love their children. A person often loves their boyfriend or girlfriend.
Used in a sentence: She loves her best friend like a sister.

Love is also used to refer to a less passionate, but still strong, fondness for something.

Real-life examples: Athletes have a love of sports. Readers have a love of books. Artists may have a love of painting, music, or drawing.
Used in a sentence: His love of Paris led him to take many trips to France.

In this sense, love can also be used to mean to really like something or someone. The word lover is used to mean a person who really likes something, as in a “dog lover” or a “food lover.”

Real-life examples: Cats love to chase things. Outgoing people love being around other people. Couch potatoes love television.
Used in a sentence: I love going to the zoo and seeing all the animals.

Where does love come from?

The first records of love come from before the 900s. The noun comes from the Old English word lufu, and the verb comes from the Old English lufian. Both of these words are related to older words for love, such as the Old Frisian luve and luvia.

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How is love used in real life?

Love is a very common word that people use to refer to others that they cherish or to things they really like.

I love my sister so much she’s my best friend 💕💞💘💓💗

— LV (@_lovee_lupe) November 25, 2020

I like how my friends send me random cat memes because they know how much I love cats❤️

— please tell me to go study (@mutale019) November 25, 2020

“I sustain myself with the love of family.” #MayaAngelou

— Maya Angelou (@DrMayaAngelou) November 29, 2020

Try using love!

Which of the following words is NOT a synonym of love?

A. affection
B. infatuation
C. desire
D. hate

WHEN TO USE

What are other ways to say love?

The noun love refers to a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. When should you use love in place of affection or devotion? Find out on Thesaurus.com.

Words related to love

affection, appreciation, devotion, emotion, fondness, friendship, infatuation, lust, passion, respect, tenderness, yearning, lover, admire, care for, cherish, choose, go for, prefer, prize

How to use love in a sentence

Every now and again, we come across a love story that touches our hearts in more ways than be.
Again, I didn’t think much of it as a 15-year-old, but I just had a love for food.
Ideally you should be growing and evolving at similar rates and speeds for romantic love, I should say.
She’d met me in 1986, at a party for returned Peace Corps volunteers and had fallen in love with the guy who’d just spent two years teaching in Swaziland.

To be a real home cook, the kind who put love and attention into each dish, was to make everything yourself.
What happened to true love knows no boundaries and all that?
“I love my job and I love my city and I am committed to the work here,” he said in a statement.
And we have a lot of great guests this season: Greta Gerwig, Natasha Lyonne, Olivia Wilde, Steve Buscemi is back—I love that guy.
You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
Terrorism is bad news anywhere, but especially rough on Odessa, where the city motto seems to be “make love, not war.”
In this case, I suspect, there was co-operant a strongly marked childish characteristic, the love of producing an effect.
The well-known «cock and bull» stories of small children are inspired by this love of strong effect.
Women generally consider consequences in love, seldom in resentment.
And as she hesitated between obedience to one and duty toward the other, her life, her love and future was in the balance.
Nothing but an extreme love of truth could have hindered me from concealing this part of my story.

British Dictionary definitions for love

verb

(tr) to have a great attachment to and affection for

(tr) to have passionate desire, longing, and feelings for

(tr) to like or desire (to do something) very much

(tr) to make love to

(intr) to be in love

noun

an intense emotion of affection, warmth, fondness, and regard towards a person or thing
(as modifier)love song; love story

a deep feeling of sexual attraction and desire

wholehearted liking for or pleasure in something

Christianity

God’s benevolent attitude towards man
man’s attitude of reverent devotion towards God

Also: my love a beloved person: used esp as an endearment

British informal a term of address, esp but not necessarily for a person regarded as likable

(in tennis, squash, etc) a score of zero

fall in love to become in love

for love without payment

for love or money (used with a negative) in any circumstancesI wouldn’t eat a snail for love or money

for the love of for the sake of

in love in a state of strong emotional attachment and usually sexual attraction

make love

to have sexual intercourse (with)
archaic to engage in courtship (with)

Other words from love

Related adjective: amatory

Word Origin for love

Old English lufu; related to Old High German luba; compare also Latin libēre (originally lubēre) to please

Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with love

In addition to the idioms beginning with love

love affair
love at first sight

also see:

all’s fair in love and war
course of true love
fall in love
for the love of
labor of love
make love
misery loves company
no love lost
not for love or money
puppy love
somebody up there loves me

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General, Speaking

How to Use The Word “Love”

This post relate to using the word Love. We can use Love in different ways.

Please follow the list;

These are things that you can say seriously to the person that you love to let them know how you feel;

I love you
I adore you
I’m totally into you
I love you from the bottom of my heart.
You mean so much to me.
I’m yours.
You complete me.
I’m in love with you.
There is no other.
You’re my ideal woman.

Use the phrases to make the person you love feel good about themselves;

You’re my Prince Charming.
You’re my angel.
You’re my princes.
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Love is a powerful word, especially in the Japanese language. However, when it comes to Japanese, that doesn’t mean a lot if you can’t write or speak the word! Japanese is a complex language with three alphabets, so it can be difficult to know how to write «love» in Japanese. But by learning how to write the strokes properly and produce the word you’re looking for, you’ll be one step closer to writing someone a Japanese love letter.

Steps

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Know the different types of love. In Japanese, due to the varying ways of saying certain things based on politeness and the weight some words can carry, it’s important to know what the different types of love are. The three most commonly used are 好き (suki), 愛 (ai), and 恋 (koi).
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Know how «好き» is used. Suki is the most common way of expressing love, although when translated to English, it would be closer to the definition of «like» than «love». However, it is often used as an expression of love, and saying «daisuke» (大好き) is a way of saying you really like someone.
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Know how «愛» is used. Ai is commonly heard when translating «love» to Japanese, but it’s actually rarely used. It is meant as a very strong expression of love; saying «愛してる» (ai shiteru) is reserved for people you truly love, such as a very close partner.
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Know how «恋» is used. Koi is used when referring to love in third person, and as such, is not used as an expression of affection towards the person you’re speaking to. It’s not very commonly seen in expressions of affection as a result.
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Know the Japanese alphabets. When children and non-native Japanese speakers are learning how to write in Japanese, they initially start with learning hiragana, which are simple characters commonly used in Japanese writing. Katakana is another basic alphabet, but it is reserved for foreign words, such as names. Kanji are the characters derived from Chinese, which are much more complex to write than hiragana, but are sometimes used to help clarify the context of a sentence when reading.
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Know basic stroke order. Whether you’re going to be writing in hiragana or kanji, you’ll need to learn how to write properly, as writing with the wrong stroke order can make it look like your sentence says something else entirely. Stroke order typically sticks to two rules: if the stroke is horizontal, it most likely started on the left side, whereas if the stroke is vertical, it probably started at the top. There are a few exceptions, but not many.
- While learning stroke order may seem pointless, it’s actually necessary to learn in order to tell certain characters apart. For example, two katakana characters — シ and ツ, respectively — can be mistaken for the other character if written in improper stroke order and direction, which can jumble up a sentence at worst, and make it tough to read at best. Additionally, characters aren’t always clearly written, as opposed to when they’re printed on a screen, and there are other more cursive styles of writing that can make it crucial to write in proper stroke order.

Writing in hiragana is often the best choice for those who are still in the early stages of learning Japanese.

Writing «Suki»

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Write Su (す). Writing す can throw many people off at first because of the loop in the middle of the character, so feel free to practice if necessary.
- Draw a medium-length horizontal line, starting on the left and going to the right.
- Start drawing a vertical line in the middle of the horizontal line. Shortly after the lines connect, loop your line up into a circle, then bring it back down.
2
Write Ki (き). After writing す, you’re going to need to write «ki» (き) in order to make it into a word, and not just a sound.
- Draw a short horizontal line going from left to right.
- Draw another horizontal line below the first one, making it slightly longer than the first horizontal line. Again, go from left to right.
- Starting above the center of the shorter horizontal line, draw a vertical line that slopes slightly to the right. After you’ve crossed both horizontal lines, swoop the line to the left and curve it back to the right, stopping once you’re about a third of the way from connecting to the vertical line.
3

Finished.

Writing «Ai»

1
Write the A (あ). Writing あ isn’t nearly as simple as it looks. If you need to, practice a few times to get it right.
- Draw a short horizontal line, going from left to right.
- Draw a longer vertical line, starting from top to bottom.
- Draw the loop. Start a small amount up, next to the vertical line you just drew. Loop downwards, then up, and then to the side. Make sure to cross the vertical line with the upper part of the loop.
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Write the I (い). い is fairly simple to write, as it only consists of two lines.
- Starting from the top, draw a slightly curved vertical line, and curve it back up at the end.
- Start parallel from the first line and draw a shorter vertical line.
3

Finished.

Writing «Koi»

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Write Ko (こ). こ is easy to write, as it’s only two lines.
- Start with the top line. Writing from left to right, draw a line of medium length. Sometimes, the first line will curve slightly and «hook» back, as shown in the picture above.
- To write the lower line, curve the beginning of the line so that the line looks somewhat like a curved «Z» with the center line missing. This line is often slightly longer than the line above it.
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Write the I (い). Like «ko», い is only two lines, making it a simple character to write.
- Start from the top. Draw a slightly curved vertical line, and «hook» it back up once you’ve reached the end of the line.
- Parallel from the first line, draw a vertical line roughly about half the size of the original line.
3

Finished.

For more advanced Japanese learners, it may be worth giving kanji a try.

Writing «Suki»

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Write a sharp line. To start writing the kanji for «suki», begin by drawing a vertical line from top-to-bottom that leans to the left. Then, change the direction it’s moving in, so that the line, while still vertical, is directing towards the right.
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Draw a sharp curve. The second stroke in the kanji is somewhat similar to writing a «fu» in katakana (フ), so imitate the stroke order and simply stretch it out.
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Imitate the kanji for «ko» (子). To the right of the symbol you just wrote will be an imitation of the kanji 子, but smaller.
- Start by drawing a horizontal line, going from left to right. Then make a sharp diagonal angle back inwards, stopping when your pen or pencil is perpendicular to the center of the horizontal line. Continue writing, but vertically, until you reach the bottom of the line you’re writing on; once the line is that long, curve it back upwards a small amount.
- Where the diagonal line becomes vertical, draw a horizontal line going from left to right.
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Write Ki (き). The «ki» sound in 好き isn’t connected to the kanji like one might expect — rather, the kanji is simply for the «su» sound, and hiragana is used for the «ki» sound. Writing き should be easy enough if you’ve practiced it enough times, however.
- Write a short horizontal line, going from left to right.
- Underneath the first line, write a slightly longer horizontal line. Again, go from left to right.
- Starting above the center of the shorter horizontal line, draw a vertical line that slopes slightly to the right. After you’ve crossed both horizontal lines, swoop the line to the left and curve it back to the right, stopping once you’re about a third of the way from connecting to the vertical line.
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Finished.

Writing «Ai»

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Draw a curved line. To begin writing the kanji for «ai», start between the center and the top of the line and draw a slightly curved line, going from left to right.
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Make three small dashes. Underneath your first stroke for the kanji, write three short, slightly tilted lines.
- Start with the leftmost dash, and write from top to bottom. This dash starts slightly to the left of where the first stroke started, and it doesn’t matter whether it connects to your first stroke or not.
- Continue to the center dash. This dash is written exactly like the previous one, except it’s centered rather than to the left.
- Move to the rightmost dash. This stroke is also top to bottom, but is diagonal going from right to left rather than left to right.
3

Write a dash. Underneath and to the left of the three dashes, write a slightly diagonal line going from top to bottom. This dash should be short.
4

Write a hooked line. Starting next to the top of the dash you just wrote, write a straight line, then «hook» it back around once it’s longer than the first stroke you made (the curved line).
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Write another dash. To the left of the hooked line, draw a slightly diagonal dash going from top to bottom. The dash should be going left to right.
6

Draw another hooked line. Next to the dash you just wrote, draw a line that hooks upwards, going from left to right. It should be shorter than the first hooked line.
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Draw a small dash. Above the center of the hooked line, draw a diagonal, slightly curved dash going from left to right. The dash should be extremely short.
8

Write a dash. To the right of your second hooked line, draw a diagonal dash that tips from left to right. Write it from top to bottom.
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Write another dash. Underneath and to the left of the second hooked line, write a short stroke resembling a dash. It should tip from right to left.
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Write a «fu» in katakana. Starting where the last dash started, write «fu» (フ) in katakana and lengthen the lower stroke until it’s about the length of the stroke it’s connected to.
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Write a curved stroke. Starting halfway down the stroke written before the previous one, write a curved line going from left to right. The stroke should end where the previous stroke curves.
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Finished.

Writing «Koi»

1

Draw a short line. The first stroke in the kanji for «koi» is a simple short line, centered above where the rest of the kanji will be written. This line is drawn diagonally from top to bottom.
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Draw a horizontal line. The next stroke is a horizontal line that is much longer than the line you initially drew. It should converge with your first stroke, and goes from left to right.
- If you’re having trouble getting it to look right, think of it as drawing a flat lid to a jar. The short vertical stroke (the «handle») will be in the center, connecting with the actual «lid» (the horizontal stroke) of the jar.
3

Write a curved line. Starting from the top and writing vertically, create a line curving out to the left. This line will be under the horizontal line you wrote before, and to the left of where the first stroke ends.
4

Write a line with a sharp angle. Parallel to where your curved line started, write a vertical line from top to bottom. Once the line is at a certain length, create a short, sharp angle that goes diagonally and to the left.
5

Make a small dash. To the left of the curved line, write a quick dash from top to bottom that’s roughly perpendicular to the curved line. The dash should bend outwards, similar to the curved line next to it.
6

Write another dash. From top to bottom, write a diagonal dash next to the angled line. This dash extends out to the left and looks like it’s somewhat close to being horizontal.
7

Write a third dash. Below all the aforementioned lines, write a slightly diagonal dash starting from top to bottom. The line should curve out to the left, but only slightly so.
8

Draw a «hook». Starting from the left, write a stroke that looks somewhat like a hook. The «hook» should be slightly diagonal so that the curved section becomes the lowest part of the kanji.
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Write a small curve. Above the hook and centered between the two lines in the middle of the kanji, write a small, U-shaped curve.
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Write the last stroke. The last stroke of the kanji is simply a slightly curved line, similar to the one above where it should be written. It should be written from left to right, and rest slightly above and off to the side of the «hook» that was written earlier.
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Finished.

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To write faster, write in a more cursive style of hiragana or kanji. While this isn’t necessary to do, it can save you some time. Try to learn how to write normally first, though!
Japanese that was typed on a computer will look different than handwritten Japanese. 恋 and 愛, for example, look much more curved when written by hand than typed.

Make sure to use proper stroke order. If you don’t, it could look like you wrote something else entirely!

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