Aisheteru? What does that mean?

Question

If anyone can teach me how to say "I love you" in japanese. That would be deeply appreciated.

Well, I'm open to any translations from japanese to english (any more words) you would like to share too. That would be fun. thanks. ^_^

How about Otashi wa oai? I read some where that it means i love you too.

u guys are great. ^_^ thanks.

Answer 1

Yes, it means to love. But it's not a normal word the Japanese use. They find it corny and hardly anyone out of films and television use it. Instead, they say, "[the person's name with an optional -chan or -san] ga daisuki".

"Otashi wa oai" doesn't mean anything, though, and whoever told you that one probably doesn't know much about the Japanese. If anything (even if things were spelled right) it comes out as meaning, "I am love".

But the spelling on that is just funky. "Otashi" means nothing, but gives me the idea that the speaker is attempting to 1.) sound informal and 2.) make themselves sound superior.
Oai does have a meaning, but it's certainly not love. Perhaps they thought they were being "intelligent" by adding o- (and trying to make it honorific) to ai, but that's a stupid idea.

So a correct spelling would be: watashi wa ai [desu], but it still means, literally, I *am* love.

To say, "I love you too" you can just say, "[person's name with an optional -chan or -san] mo daisuki".

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Answer 2

Well, I found out something... I was looking in my dictionary to see what ai was. (because I think it is the Chinese reading of a word in Japanese.)
And, usually it says clearly if a noun can be used as a verb. Well, I had to open some other dictionaries to find my answer. I have always heard that it was ai shite iru. Informally. Polite would be ai shite imasu, I suppose. I don't know why some verbs are in this "continuing tense" in Japanese. You use it for 'I know' as well: ...shitte iru.
AI is a noun and a general word for love. It is used for the love of God, the love of country, the love for one's parents and especially the love between a man and woman. Well, what I mean is that if you wanted to say I love you to your beloved aishite iru would be the way. You may drop the 'i' from the last word, I suppose. I mean, I have seen that enough times to believe that it is accepted.
OK I have never used it to anyone and I have said a lot of things in Japanese. As to the philosophy of should you use it or not, you know, and use in its place some other expression such as 'I like you' suki. And, moreover... as to what those words mean to you and your beloved, you know in your heart what to say.
Well, there are many other ways to say it in Japanese. Some of them I had never heard of before I looked up the word tonight. But, I don't think that you need to know them to say what you want to say.
I noticed after I had closed this that you have some more words added at the bottom. otashi wa oai, I beleive? I think there is 'atashi (woman's speech for watashi.) I have never heard oai for ai. (there is another word ai which means to meet as in the traditional introduction look-see meeting called a miai). And, O is an honorific like -san in Japanese. If you applied it the telephone, denwa and said odenwa it would mean 'phone is for you.' Again, it may be the nature of the relationship and that it is mutual in which case it is conceivable. I think your best bet to be understood is ai shite iru. Or you may make it all one word aishiteru.

Answer 3

Aishiteru in fact means I love you in the informal verb conjugation.
The formal one - which is also the most used - is aishiterimasu. I hope you can read phonetics cuz here it goes the pronunciation:
/ī·shē·tě·d'ē·mäs/
The /d'/ means tapping of the D, if you're American or Canadian, it's how we pronounce the Ds or Ts in words like ladder, latter, medal, metal, water, better and so on. If you're British, Australian or other English-speaker that's not American or Canadian, you'd read that as you pronounce the Ts in what I, not only, that it, etc.

Answer 4

ai shite iru literally is "i am doing love" as shiteiru is progressive form of "suru" usually not needed in Japanese.

suki means like or love and the symbol has a woman with a child next to her. The literal translation of "daisuki" is "big womanchild" which sounds weird but is meant to mean "like a lot" This is the most common word when talking about love.



Koibito- "lovers"
Kare- "boyfriend/he"
Kanojo-"girlfriend/she" (you can use ingrish words as well)

ganbatte ne~
good luck!

Answer 5

Hi!! I'm also interested in Japanese language!! I think "Aisheteru" or "Aishiteru" means "I love you", and I know there were other way of saying that frase too, but I don`t remember it now.
Bye! See you!

PD:
other words that I know:
okaasan = mother
otosan = father
one-sama = big sister
neko = cat
inu = I think it's "dog"
hai = yes
ie= no
konnichiwa = good morning
konbawa = good afternoon
oyasumi nasai = good night (or something similar)
aoi = blue

Answer 6

In the transliteration it is ai shiteru. This is very deep/profound unlike the way we toss "I love you" around in the West.

"Anata ga suki desu" has the same nuance as ai shiteru yet it is in between 'I like you' and 'I love you' in Japanese.

Answer 7

"Ai" is the root for love. Another variation is "Ai-masu"

Having said that Japanese people are pretty frugal with actually saying this - they are more ... subtle? ... less direct.

More common would be "Suki-desu" Which means I like you. Or "Dia-suki-desu" I really like you.

Gambatte!

Answer 8

that means I LOVE YOU in japanese

Answer 9

it means "I love you"