id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt japanese-about-com-3518 What Is Love in Japanese? .html text/html 899 152 80 In Japanese, both "ai (愛)" and "koi (恋)" can be roughly translated as "love" in English. Japan's new royal baby was named Princess Aiko, which is written with the kanji characters for "love (愛)" and "child (子)." However, "koi (恋)" is rarely used as a name. "Renai (恋愛)" is written with the kanji characters of both "koi" and "ai." This word means, "romantic love." "Renai-kekkon (恋愛結婚)" is a "love marriage," which is the opposite of "miai-kekkon (見合い結婚, arranged marriage)." "Renai-shousetsu (恋愛小説)" is "a love story" or "a romance novel." The title of the movie, "As Good As It Gets" was translated as "Renai-shousetuska (恋愛小説家, A Romance Novel Writer)." In Japanese, there are other words pronounced the same as "ai" and "koi". How to Write Love in Japanese Kanji Learn How to Say 'I Love You' in Japanese ./cache/japanese-about-com-3518.html ./txt/japanese-about-com-3518.txt