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It's very uncommon (some will say taboo) to say “I love you” in Japanese culture. It's especially awkward for a man to tell a woman this in Japanese. Everyone is more likely to say “Watashi wa anata ga suki desu” or “I like you” (literally, “I regarding you, have like.”
If you have to say “I love you” in Japanese, 愛してる is a selection of Kanji and Hiragana that provide a way.
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Desu search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
です see styles |
desu デス |
(1) death; (2) (colloquialism) (abbreviation) (See デスメタル) death metal; (personal name) Des |
出州 see styles |
dezu でず desu です |
spit (of land) |
です体 see styles |
desutai ですたい |
style of polite speech in Japanese (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu") |
丁寧語 see styles |
teineigo / tenego ていねいご |
{ling} polite language (e.g. masu, desu) |
ですます体 see styles |
desumasutai ですますたい |
(See です体) style of polite speech in Japanese (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu") |
ですます調 see styles |
desumasuchou / desumasucho ですますちょう |
style of polite speech in Japanese (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu") |
ますです体 see styles |
masudesutai ますですたい |
(kana only) (See ですます体) literary form imparting the nuance of polite speech (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu") |
Variations: |
dezu; desu でず; です |
spit (of land) |
サドン・デス see styles |
sadon desu サドン・デス |
(1) sudden death; (2) (sports) sudden-death (playoff); golden goal playoff |
デス・バレー see styles |
desu baree デス・バレー |
(place-name) Death Valley (USA) |
デス・マスク see styles |
desu masuku デス・マスク |
death mask |
デス・マッチ see styles |
desu macchi デス・マッチ |
fight to the finish (wasei: death match); desperate struggle; life-and-death struggle |
デス・メタル see styles |
desu metaru デス・メタル |
(music) death metal |
デス・ヴァレー see styles |
desu aree デス・ヴァレー |
(place-name) Death Valley (USA) |
デス・ヴォイス see styles |
desu oisu デス・ヴォイス |
death growl (wasei: death voice); death metal vocals |
デス・エデュケーション see styles |
desu edeukeeshon デス・エデュケーション |
death education |
Variations: |
desugeemu; desu geemu デスゲーム; デス・ゲーム |
death game; genre of fiction in which characters participate in a contest where their lives are at stake |
Variations: |
desumaachi; desu maachi / desumachi; desu machi デスマーチ; デス・マーチ |
(1) (See 死の行進) death march; (2) {comp} death march (in software development); crunch |
Variations: |
desumasuku; desu masuku デスマスク; デス・マスク |
death mask |
Variations: |
desumacchi; desu macchi デスマッチ; デス・マッチ |
(1) {prowres} death match; deathmatch; (2) fight to the finish (wasei: death match); desperate struggle; life-and-death struggle |
Variations: |
desumetaru; desu metaru デスメタル; デス・メタル |
{music} (See ヘビーメタル) death metal |
Variations: |
sadondesu(p); sadon desu サドンデス(P); サドン・デス |
(1) sudden death; (2) {sports} sudden-death (playoff); golden goal playoff |
Variations: |
desuedeukeeshon; desu edeukeeshon デスエデュケーション; デス・エデュケーション |
death education |
Variations: |
desuboisu; desuoisu; desu boisu; desu oisu デスボイス; デスヴォイス; デス・ボイス; デス・ヴォイス |
(See デス声) death growl (wasei: death voice); death metal vocals |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Desu | 德蘇 德苏 | dé sū / de2 su1 / de su / desu | te su / tesu | |
Desu | デス | desu | ||
Naranu Koto Wa Naranu Mono Desu | ならぬことはならぬものです | naranu koto wa naranu mono desu | ||
I Love You Aishiteru | 愛してる | ai shi te ru aishiteru | ||
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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