21+ Ways to Say ‘I Love You’ in Japanese Posted on October 6, 2022Love is one of the most potent emotions anyone can feel, and during your time in Japan you may be lucky enough to be in a position to express your love for someone. If this is the case, you want to be able ...
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In Japanese, the phrase for "I like you" is すきです (suki desu). This is derived from the word 好き (suki), which means liking, favoring, or loving something. It's interesting to note that this word can be used in various contexts—whether you’re talking about your love for a ...
Seconds in Japanese Structure: number + 秒。 Duration of Time In order to express the duration of time, we add the 間 (kan) behind the time. Thus: 6時間。 Roku-ji kan. 6 hours. 1分間。 Ip-pun kan. 1 minute. 30秒間。 San jū byō kan. ...
The poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning asked an important question in her Sonnet 43 ("How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways"). I've counted more than 165 ways to say I love you in different languages, and I present them below. Scroll down to find out how to express yourself to th...
The most’ among three or more objects is commonly stated by 一番 (ichiban) or 最も (mottomo). Let’s learn how to express superlatives in Japanese!
Take a couple of days out of your schedule to take a soak at a mountain hot-spring onsen. It's a wonderfully Japanese way to relax. Weekdays are made for longer train trips into Japan’s beautiful countryside, including on the long-distance Limited Express trains (slower than the ...
Japanese culture is based on respect and etiquette, so the Japanese language requires varying degrees of politeness and formality. How you say "thank you" depends on whether you are speaking to a friend, business colleague, teacher or respected elder.
To express a thought or idea you're have at the time of your statement, the form to omotte iru (I am thinking that ) is used rather than to omou. This conveys immediacy, but without any specific time frame attached. When the subject is a third person, to omotte iru is used exclusi...
In Japanese, the word "love" is "ai," which is written like this: 愛. The verb "to love" is "aisuru" (愛する). A literal translation of the phrase "I love you" in Japanese would be "aishite imasu." Written out, it would look like this: 愛しています. In conversation, you'r...