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純愛

じゅんあい

N1pure love

Examples

その映画は離れ離れになった二人の純愛を描く。

古い手紙から互いを思う純愛が伝わってきた。

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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.

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