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:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
恋 人
こい
Grade: S		 ひと > びと
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
戀人 (kyūjitai)

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

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

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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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