一目惚れ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひと
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
ほ > ぼ
Jinmeiyō

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 一目 (hitome, one glance, one look) + 惚れ (hore, falling for, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 惚れる horeru, “to fall in love with someone, to be smitten with someone”). The hore changes to bore as an instance of rendaku (連濁). [1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

一目惚れ (hiragana ひとめぼれ, rōmaji hitomebore)

  1. love at first sight (an instantaneous attraction)

Verb

一目惚れする (intransitive, hiragana ひとめぼれする, rōmaji hitomebore suru)

  1. to fall in love at first sight, to be taken with someone at first sight
    彼女 (かのじょ)一目 (ひとめ)ぼれした
    Kanojo ni hitomebore shita.
    He fell in love with her at first sight.

Conjugation

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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