Gp was probably assuming an audience who had read the article. From the article: In Japanese, the phrase “I love you” exists linguistically, but does not exis

Gp was probably assuming an audience who had read the article. From the article: In Japanese, the phrase “I love you” exists linguistically, but does not exist culturally. Linguistically, it is best translated as 愛してる or Aishiteru. Unlike English, it does not contain the “I” and “you” involved in “I love you”; instead, the “I” is implicit, belonging to the speaker only in assumption, as is the “you.” The phrase most directly means “(I) am loving (you),” as if to convey that love is an active labor, not just an amorphous feeling tossed between two parties.