愛は痛み ai wa itami Love Hurts

The Japanese phrase 愛は痛み is composed of the words 愛 (read ai) meaning "love", the grammatical element は (in this case read wa) indicating the previous word is the subject and in this case also acts like the English verb "is", and 痛み (read itami) meaning "painful; distressful". This is a complete phrase in Japanese.

Love Hurts (愛は痛み) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Love Hurts 愛は痛み ai wa itami Vertical Block VB4C

Love Hurts (愛は痛み) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Love Hurts 愛は痛み ai wa itami Vertical Cursive VC5B

Love Hurts (愛は痛み) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Love Hurts 愛は痛み ai wa itami Vertical Design VD5B

Love Hurts (愛は痛み) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Love Hurts 愛は痛み ai wa itami Vertical Semi-Cursive VS5C

Love Hurts 愛は痛み ai wa itami Horizontal Semi-Cursive HS3A

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