恋人

See also: 戀人

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 恋人 – see 戀人 (“lover; sweetheart; the Lovers”). (This term is the simplified form of 戀人).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
恋	人
こい Grade: S	ひと > びと Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
戀人 (kyūjitai)

 恋人 on Japanese Wikipedia

 恋人 (タロット) on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From 恋(こい) (koi, “love”) + 人(ひと) (hito, “person”). The hito changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こいびと [kòíbító] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ibʲito̞]

Noun

恋(こい)人(びと) • (koibito) ^{←こひびと (kofibito)?}

1. a lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend
2. (tarot) The Lovers, the sixth trump or major arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks

See also

• 愛人(あいじん) (aijin): a lover, a mistress

References

1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN