愛憎(あいぞう)

あいぞう
noun
love and hate
1. love and hate; mixed feelings of love and hatred
The coexistence or interplay of love and hatred, often directed at the same person or thing. Used in literary and emotional contexts.
愛憎(あいぞう)が入(い)り混(ま)じる。
Love and hate are intermingled.
父(ちち)に対(たい)する愛憎(あいぞう)の念(ねん)を抱(いだ)いていた。
I harbored feelings of both love and hatred toward my father.
この小説(しょうせつ)は親子(おやこ)の愛憎(あいぞう)劇(げき)を描(えが)いている。
This novel depicts a drama of love and hate between parent and child.

USAGE:
A literary word that captures the complex coexistence of love and hate. Often used in descriptions of family relationships, romantic relationships, or intense emotional dramas. Common in literary criticism and emotional narratives.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 愛憎(あいぞう)劇(げき) (drama of love and hate)
  • 愛憎(あいぞう)が入(い)り混(ま)じる (love and hate are intertwined)
  • 愛憎(あいぞう)の念(ねん) (feelings of love and hate)
  • 愛憎(あいぞう)半(なか)ば (half love, half hate)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 愛(あい): love — only the positive emotion
  • 憎(にく)しみ: hatred — only the negative emotion
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