Editing Love (section)

===Japanese===
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The [[Japanese language]] uses three words to convey the English equivalent of love — {{Nihongo|''ai''|愛}}, {{Nihongo|''koi''|恋 or 孤悲}} and {{Nihongo|''ren'ai''|恋愛}}. The term ''ai'' carries a multiple meanings, encompassing feelings of feelings from superior to inferiors, compassion and empathy towards others and selfless love, originally referred to beauty and was often used in a religious context. Initially synonymous with ''koi'', representing romantic love between a man and a woman, emphasizing its physical expression, ''ai'' underwent a transformation during the early [[Meiji era]]. It evolved into a euphemistic term for {{Nihongo|renbo|恋慕}} or love attachment, signifying a shift towards a more egalitarian treatment and consideration of others as equals. Prior to Western influence, the term ''koi'' generally represented romantic love. {{transliteration|ja|Koi}} describes a longing for a member of the opposite sex and is typically interpreted as selfish and wanting. The term's origins come from the concept of lonely solitude as a result of separation from a loved one. Though modern usage of {{transliteration|ja|koi}} focuses on sexual love and infatuation, the Manyō used the term to cover a wider range of situations, including tenderness, benevolence, and material desire. The fusion of ''ai'' and ''koi'' gave rise to the modern term ''ren'ai''; its usage more closely resembles that of {{transliteration|ja|koi}} in the form of romantic love.<ref name="Ryang2006">{{cite book |last1=Ryang |first1=Sonia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tkOUAgAAQBAJ |title=Love in Modern Japan: Its Estrangement from Self, Sex and Society |publisher=Routledge |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-135-98863-0 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=tkOUAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA13 13]–14 |access-date=3 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711112044/https://books.google.com/books?id=tkOUAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA13 |archive-date=11 July 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last1=Palmer |first1=Gary B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VfPIZCIfGIAC&dq=japan+love+ai+koi+ren'ai+&pg=PA131 |title=Languages of Sentiment: Cultural constructions of emotional substrates |last2=Occhi |first2=Debra J. |date=1999-12-15 |publisher=John Benjamins Publishing |isbn=978-90-272-9995-6 |language=en}}</ref>

The concept {{Nihongo|''amae''|甘え}}, the dependency and emotional bonds between an infant and its mother—a bond that lays the foundation for the archetypal concept of love. Japanese culture traditionally distinguishes between marriage and love, valuing practical considerations and complementarity within family units.<ref name=":3" />