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[sutekikanojyo]

dunno if you guys have done this yet, but i'd love to learn how to say "i love you" in japanese! and maybe other such things like sweetheart or honey or baby other such pet names ^.~; call me sappy, but hey! lol sorry if you've already done it!

[Bueller_007]

dunno if you guys have done this yet, but i'd love to learn how to say "i love you" in japanese! and maybe other such things like sweetheart or honey or baby other such pet names ^.~; call me sappy, but hey! lol sorry if you've already done it!

愛してる ("ai shiteru") is "I love you." But it's quite a serious phrase. You might want to stick with あなたが大好き "anata ga daisuki" which basically means "I like you a lot."

[Jason]

My (ex-)Japanese teacher once told us that 愛している sounded more "literary", and she wouldn't expect to hear it much outside of like books and TV. As for pet names, I imagine it's much more common to call the person by a nickname, maybe a shortened form of their first name + -chan or maybe even -tan.

[sutekikanojyo]

doumo ^.^ thanks for replying!

i can't see the characters you used can you write it in romaji?

thanks so much!

[JockZon]

愛してる ("ai shiteru") is "I love you." But it's quite a serious phrase. You might want to stick with あなたが大好き "anata ga daisuki" which basically means "I like you a lot."

There is the romaji!

[sutekikanojyo]

woops!!! ^.~' did bueller post that before jason did?!?! hehehe i feel silly :-]

i figured daisuki would work, and that's what i would use before... but thanks bueller-san!

[Jason]

i can't see the characters you used can you write it in romaji?

If you use Windows and you need help getting Japanese character to show up, take a look at this thread:

http://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9

Once you get that working, if you use Firefox (and if you don't, you should ), this plugin can be a great help:

http://www.polarcloud.com/rikaichan/

[metablue]

Isn't だいすき (daisuki) also pretty serious? My friend with the Japanese girlfriend had an embarrassing moment during his first telephone conversation with her mother. He said "I love your daughter", using だいすき, and the mother was all shocked and surprised. Apparently it means "I love your daughter (so much that you can expect a wedding soon)". The gf laughed and said だいすき was a bit much since they'd only been dating a couple of months.

[Jason]

Depending on the context it's used in (like the one you're talking about), yes. It can sound very serious.