"愛人" meaning in Japanese

See 愛人 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [a̠iʑĩɴ] Forms: 愛人 [canonical] (ruby: (あい), (じん)), aijin [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 愛人 (MC 'ojH nyin). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|愛人}} 愛人 (MC 'ojH nyin) Head templates: {{ja-noun|あいじん}} 愛(あい)人(じん) • (aijin)
  1. a lover, a mistress
    Sense id: en-愛人-ja-noun-lxM-Ww5Q
  2. (archaic) a sweetheart, a loved one Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-愛人-ja-noun-lzhue5MB Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Love Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 14 18 6 0 22 6 20 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 18 6 0 22 6 20 14 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 6 55 40 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 4 54 43 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 5 55 40 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 11 56 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 55 40 Disambiguation of Love: 5 45 51
  3. (dated) loving people in general Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-愛人-ja-noun-QRHMvncw Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Love, People Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 14 18 6 0 22 6 20 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 18 6 0 22 6 20 14 Disambiguation of Love: 5 45 51 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 恋人 (koibito) (ruby: (こい), (びと)) (english: a boyfriend, a girlfriend)
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Download raw JSONL data for 愛人 meaning in Japanese (1.8kB)

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