I Love You

ThinasLWD · (#1 (**permalink**))

How do you say I love you in Japanese ?

Please in Hiragana and normal translation n_n ?

MMM · (#2 (**permalink**))

There are several different ways, actually.

If you are saying this to a girl you like, I would say すき. It isn't an emotion that is expressed quite as openly and verbally in Japan as it is in the west, but I do hear that is changing.

Miyavifan · (#3 (**permalink**))

In a dictionary I have, it says that's just love, not I love you. now I'm just confused.

I thought I love you was aishiteru? or something like that?

MMM · (#4 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Miyavifan

In a dictionary I have, it says that's just love, not I love you. now I'm just confused.

I thought I love you was aishiteru? or something like that?

愛している aishiteiru is the most literally translated way of saying "I love you."

This is only my opinion, and others may disagree, but I feel like it is a phrase used more in songs and movies than in actual application.

I have heard women say they would get a creepy feeling if a man actually said "aishiteiru" to them. (Like it sounds like "I give you my heart and my soul forever and ever".) Maybe it's more appropriate with husbands and wives or moms and kids (??)

I am assuming the OP isn't asking what to say to his wife, so if he is wanting to declare his feelings for a girlfriend, I would use suki.

m4x30000 · (#5 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Miyavifan

In a dictionary I have, it says that's just love, not I love you. now I'm just confused.

I thought I love you was aishiteru? or something like that?

My teacher told us Japanese people don't really use such direct expression as it implies too much and girls don't like that; they would rather say, as MMM previously posted, すき「あなたが好きです」, meaning "I like you".

ThinasLWD · (#6 (**permalink**))

Yeah, it's すき. Because in some anime, a girl said ´ski, and i was like huh ? But it's 'suki' n_n. thanks

XDemianu27X · (#7 (**permalink**))

I wouldn't use suki. Suki (ski for short) simply means you like something. Ashiteru has a much greater impact than suki and it's used for people. Although ashiteru isn't actually translated into "i love you", it's the closest your going to get to telling someone that you love them and care about them a lot.

MMM · (#8 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by XDemianu27X

I wouldn't use suki. Suki (ski for short) simply means you like something. Ashiteru has a much greater impact than suki and it's used for people. Although ashiteru isn't actually translated into "i love you", it's the closest your going to get to telling someone that you love them and care about them a lot.

すき is most certainly used for people.

And you are right, 愛している does have a much greater impact. So much so it is a good way to scare a girl off.

GregFromScotland · (#9 (**permalink**))

Like MMM said, Suki is the best way to say you like a girl. That is according to my ex who came from Tokyo.

PouncingAnt · (#10 (**permalink**))

I'm in wholehearted agreement with MMM, "suki" is my favourite approach. (actually, I almost exclusively use "daisuki")

I often say it to my fiance, but when I tried saying "aishiteru", she thought it just sounded a bit odd.

Perhaps it's just down to our personal preferences, but "suki" certainly seems to be a bit more versatile.