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Love Hurts

愛は痛み (ai wa itami)

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.

Verify: 愛は痛み in the Japanese-English Dictionary

Love Hurts (愛は痛み) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Love Hurts 愛は痛み ai wa itami Block Vertical VB4C
Love Hurts (愛は痛み) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Love Hurts 愛は痛み ai wa itami Cursive Vertical VC5B
Love Hurts (愛は痛み) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Love Hurts 愛は痛み ai wa itami Design Vertical 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 Semi-Cursive Vertical VS5C
Love Hurts (愛は痛み) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase
Love Hurts 愛は痛み ai wa itami Semi-Cursive Horizontal HS3A

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