How to say loved in Japanese

JLPTN5
好き☆【すきsuki】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • liked; well-liked; favourite; favorite Antonym: 嫌い【きらい】
  • in love (with); loved; romantically interested (in)

noun / adjectival noun:

  • faddism; eccentricity
  • the way one likes; (as) it suits one

Example Sentences

偽りitsuwariのno姿sugataをwo愛さaisaれるreruくらいkuraiならnara、嫌わkirawaれreたta方houがgaましmashiだda。
Better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you're not.
そのsono女の子onnanokoはha木登りkinoboriがga大好きdaisukiだったdatta。
That girl loved climbing trees.
母hahaはha父chichiにni愛されているaisareteiru。
My mother is loved by my father.
父chichiもmo母hahaに劣らずniotorazu私watashiをwoかわいがってkawaigatteくれたkureta。
My father loved me no less deeply than my mother.
父chichiはha母hahaに劣らずniotorazu私watashiをwo熱愛netsuaiしたshita。
My father loved me no less passionately than my mother.

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