Illustration: In the entrance of a small Japanese home, an elderly dog proudly brings its returning owner a badly chewed slipper. The owner kneels in stockinged feet, gently cups the dog’s graying muzzle, and rests their forehead against its head with a soft, delighted expression.

JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

愛いとしい

itoshii

dear, beloved

Example sentences

  1. 源氏げんじもつわりの苦くるしさに心細こころぼそそうな葵あおいの上うえの様子ようすに珍めずらしく愛いとしさを感かんじた。

    Genji found that Lady Aoi looked helpless due to painful morning sickness, and felt a love for her as he rarely had before.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 京都大学きょうとだいがくとの交流戦こうりゅうせんを観戦かんせんし、「初心者しょしんしゃにしか見みえない学生がくせいが鼻血はなぢを出だしながら立たち向むかう姿すがたが愛いとしい」と興奮こうふんした。

    Watching a friendly match against Kyoto University, he grew excited and said, “It’s endearing to see students who look like beginners stand up to their opponents even with nosebleeds.”

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 眠ねむっている子こどもが愛いとしい。

    My sleeping child is so dear to me.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 愛

  • 愛love; affectionOnアイKunいとしい・かなしい・めでる

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