WORD DETAIL
純愛
じゅんあい
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
純愛(じゅんあい) is a noun presenting sincere, undivided love as the subject of a story or evidence. - Basic usage:
二人の純愛を描くmakes pure love the theme portrayed by a film, while純愛が伝わるmakes it the feeling conveyed by old letters.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Portrayed theme and conveyed feeling
純愛を描くis transitive: a work portrays the love.純愛が伝わるinstead presents the feeling as what reaches the reader, so the viewpoints marked byをandがdiffer.

