恋愛は、はしかのようなものだ。みんな一度はかからなければならない。

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English Translation

Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.

Furigana

恋愛(れんあい)は、はしかのようなものだ。みんな一(いち)度(ど)はかからなければならない。

Romanji

Ren'ai wa, hashika no yōna mono da. minna ichi do wa kakaranakerebanaranai.

Words

恋愛 (れんあい)

love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

麻疹 (はしか、ましん)

measles

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

皆 (みな、みんな)

all; everyone; everybody; everything

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

度 (ど)

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences and times; strength (of alcohol)

罹る (かかる)

to suffer from

Kanji

恋

Readings: レン、こ.う、こい、こい.しい

Meanings: romance, in love, yearn for, miss, darling

愛

Readings: アイ、いと.しい、かな.しい、め.でる、お.しむ、まな

Meanings: love, affection, favourite

一

Readings: イチ、イツ、ひと-、ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

度

Readings: ド、ト、タク、たび、 -た.い

Meanings: degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude