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There's also "koi shiteru" which is even higher maybe "you're my soulmate"

• vsnf 3y ago
  >koi shiteru Are you sure this isn't actually "aishiteru (愛してる)"? I've never heard of 'koishiteru', but 'aishiteru' occupies roughly the same level you described. Actually, I have heard of 'koishiteru' (which I assume is 恋してる) but usually in the euphemistic context of sex. Additionally, and not totally related, "soulmate", rendered in katakana (ソールメイト, sorumeito) is often used to breezily describe someone, often a coworker or classmate, with whom you have some level of camaraderie or friendship with. It is a perfectly unserious concept, which is amusing given its weightiness in English.
  • brigandish 3y ago
    Miki Matsubara has answered this conundrum (or the protagonist does) in her classic, Mayonaka no Doa (Stay with Me): > 恋と愛とは違うものだよと Koi to ai to wa chigau mono dayo to “Romance and love are different things”
    • vsnf 3y ago
      Yes, but that's 恋, not 恋してる. Do you ever hear anyone say 恋してる? I can't say I ever have, which isn't to say that it doesn't happen, though.
      • brigandish 3y ago
        恋してる is for songs and poetry, as far as I'm aware.