Forbidden Love

禁じられた愛 (kinjirareta ai)

禁じられた愛 (kinjirareta ai): forbidden love. 禁じられた kinjirareta is the passive past of 禁じる, to forbid, so the love is forbidden by someone, not merely impossible; 愛 ai is love in every sense the dictionary runs through, family affection, romance, Christian charity, Buddhist craving. The phrase reads at once and has no Japanese past: one page before 1946 carries it, inside the longer 禁じられた愛情 in a 1924 psychoanalysis. Moriyama Ryōko's famous 1968 song is 禁じられた恋, with 恋, the word for romance alone; the design's 愛 is the larger word. The two-character form on this page, 禁愛, is the same phrase abbreviated.

Verify: 禁じられた愛 in the Japanese-English Dictionary

Forbidden Love (禁じられた愛) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Forbidden Love 禁じられた愛 kinjirareta ai Block Vertical VB5C

Forbidden Love (禁じられた愛) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Forbidden Love 禁じられた愛 kinjirareta ai Cursive Vertical VC5B

Forbidden Love (禁じられた愛) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Forbidden Love 禁じられた愛 kinjirareta ai Design Vertical VD5B

Forbidden Love (禁じられた愛) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Forbidden Love 禁じられた愛 kinjirareta ai Semi-Cursive Vertical VS5C

禁愛 (kin'ai)

禁愛 (kin'ai) is the two-character form of 禁じられた愛, forbidden love, explained above: 禁, forbidden, and 愛, love.

Forbidden Love (禁愛) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Forbidden Love 禁愛 kin'ai Block Vertical VB3A

Forbidden Love 禁愛 kin'ai Block Vertical VB3B

Forbidden Love 禁愛 kin'ai Block Vertical VB3C

Forbidden Love 禁愛 kin'ai Block Vertical VB3D

Forbidden Love (禁愛) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Forbidden Love 禁愛 kin'ai Cursive Vertical VC3A

Forbidden Love 禁愛 kin'ai Cursive Vertical VC3B

Forbidden Love (禁愛) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Forbidden Love 禁愛 kin'ai Design Vertical VD3A

Forbidden Love 禁愛 kin'ai Design Vertical VD3B

Forbidden Love (禁愛) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Forbidden Love 禁愛 kin'ai Semi-Cursive Vertical VS3A

Forbidden Love 禁愛 kin'ai Semi-Cursive Vertical VS3B

Forbidden Love 禁愛 kin'ai Semi-Cursive Vertical VS3C

Forbidden Love 禁愛 kin'ai Semi-Cursive Vertical VS3D

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