Ai, aikou, aijou, renjou, & koi. Terms for love.
Can you tell me the differences in deno/connotation?Say for instance, in greek: philia (love in the mind, love for a friend) is different from eros (physical attraction). My intuition tells me, philos is synonymous to "doushi"(same mind/comrade) in Japanese.

Would like to know what difference these four words have.

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Ai, aikou, aijou, renjou, & koi. Terms for love.
Can you tell me the differences in deno/connotation?Say for instance, in greek: philia (love in the mind, love for a friend) is different from eros (physical attraction). My intuition tells me, philos is synonymous to "doushi"(same mind/comrade) in Japanese.

Would like to know what difference these four words have.

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Thank you, Chihiro-sensei, for the kanji!  ^^

My dictionary has:

Ai -- love, affection

Aikou -- love adoration,

Aijou --love, affection, caring, devotion

Renjou --  1. love, attachment 2. love-sickness

Koi -- love, tender passion

If anyone else has anything better, though, I'd love to hear it, because I'm not entirely clear on all of those.... I can really only make the proper distinction between ai and koi ....

Anyway.... If you have any more questions, please let me know, and I'll try to help you out!  ^-^

~Megumi

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愛(ai)　愛好(aikou)　愛情(aijou)　恋情(renjou)　恋(koi)
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