Eros

Japanese: エロス

(Erōs)⸨Eros⸩[1][１] Greek god of love. Son of Aphrodite and Ares. His whims and mischief caused trouble to many humans and gods. He was the youngest of the gods, and was later depicted as a child. In Roman mythology, he was Cupid. [２] (Eros) The 433rd asteroid. It has an elliptical orbit between Mars and Jupiter, and was known as the asteroid closest to the Earth when it was discovered, and was often used to measure the average distance to the Sun. [2] [Noun] ① A philosophical term used by Plato. The impulse to pursue truth, goodness, and beauty, halfway between achievement and lack. → agape. ② (Sexual) love (for the opposite sex). → agape. *A man named Takezawa Sensei (1924-25) (Nagayo Yoshiro) Takezawa Sensei and his brothers "The fundamental condition for giving a woman her happiness is a man's love, or eros."

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Japanese:

(Erōs)⸨エロース⸩[1][一] ギリシア神話の愛の神。アフロディテとアレスの子。その気まぐれといたずらは多く人間や神々を悩ました。神々のうちで一番若く、のちには子供として描かれる。ローマ神話ではクピドー（キューピッド）。[二] (Eros) 第四三三番の小惑星。火星と木星の間に楕円形の軌道をもち発見当時は地球に最も近づく小惑星として知られ、よく太陽の平均距離の測定に使われた。[2] 〘名〙① プラトンによる哲学用語。達成と欠如との中間にあって、真善美を追い求めてゆく衝動力。→アガペー。② （異性に対する、性的な）愛。→アガペー。※竹沢先生と云ふ人（1924‐25）〈長与善郎〉竹沢先生とその兄弟「女の人にその幸福を与へる根本的条件の男の愛、エロスですから」

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