"ラブ" meaning in Japanese

See ラブ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɾa̠bɯ̟] Forms: rabu [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English love. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ja|en|love}} Borrowed from English love Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ラブ • (rabu)
  1. love Synonyms: (ai) (ruby: (あい))
    Sense id: en-ラブ-ja-noun-aG90apW2 Categories (other): Love Disambiguation of Love: 96 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɾa̠bɯ̟] Forms: Rabu [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English Lab. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ja|en|Lab}} Borrowed from English Lab Head templates: {{ja-noun|^ラブ}} ラブ • (Rabu)
  1. Clipping of ラブラドール・レトリバー (Raburadōru retoribā, “Labrador retriever”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: ラブラドール・レトリバー (extra: Raburadōru retoribā, “Labrador retriever”)
    Sense id: en-ラブ-ja-noun-Ssw5SZou Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 92 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 92 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for ラブ meaning in Japanese (2.5kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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