amour

Japanese: amour
amour

…Artistic works such as literature, painting, sculpture, and music appeal to us through our senses the concrete truth of love, which cannot be grasped by the net of concepts, so we should not rush to extract its meaning. Looking at the origin of the modern Japanese word “ai” (love), this word was added to the vocabulary of the intellectual class in ancient times, carrying its original Chinese meaning and its incompatible Indian Buddhist meaning, but it had a rather vulgar feeling throughout the Middle Ages and early modern times, and in the Meiji period it was used as a receptacle for the modern European words “love,” “Liebe,” and “amour,” threatening the status of “omoi” (feelings) and “koi” (love). However, in classical languages, especially Greek, which represent the origins of Western culture, there was no word that encompassed the idea of ​​love, just as in Sanskrit. …

*Some terminology explanations that mention "amour" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…まして,文芸・絵画・彫刻・音楽などの芸術作品は,概念の網では決してすくうことのできない,愛の具体的な真実を,感性を通して訴えかけてくるのであるから,意味の抽出を急いではならない。 そこで,現代日本語としての〈愛〉の素性に目を向けると,この語は,本来の中国的な意義と,これと相いれぬインド仏教的な意義とを担って,上代の知識階級の語彙に加わったが,中世・近世を通じてむしろ卑俗な語感をもち,明治になると近代ヨーロッパ語の〈ラブlove〉〈リーベLiebe〉〈アムールamour〉の受皿として用いられ,〈おもい〉や〈恋〉の地位をおびやかすに至ったものである。ところが,西洋文化の源流を伝える,古典語とくにギリシア語では,サンスクリット語の場合と同じく,愛の観念を包括する単語が存在しなかった。…

※「amour」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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