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    3. 初恋

    初恋

    初はつ恋こい

    first love

    KMT9News #27+1CoreNounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab17 strokes

    はつ恋

    はつこい

    Noun

    1.
    first love, puppy love

    Stroke 0 / 17

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれの初はつ恋こいは小しょう学がっ校こうの時ときだった。

    His first love was in elementary school.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    初はつ恋こいの相おあ手いてと再さい会かいし、昔むかしの感かん情じょうが蘇よみがえった。

    I reunited with my first love, and old feelings resurfaced.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    初はつ恋こいの思おもい出では、誰だれにとっても特とく別べつなものだ。

    Memories of first love are special for everyone.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょの小しょう説せつは、淡あわく切せつない初はつ恋こいの物ものが語たりを描えがいている。

    Her novel depicts a faint and poignant story of first love.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyLiterature
    その映えい画がは、甘あま酸ずっぱい初はつ恋こいの記き憶おくを呼よび起おこす。

    That movie evokes bittersweet memories of first love.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyMusic & Entertainment

    Kanji that make up this word

    初
    はじ.め・はじ.めて・はつ・はつ-・うい-・-そ.める…(4)
    first time・beginning
    恋
    こ.う・こい・こい.しい…(1)
    romance・in love・yearn for・miss・darling
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