初恋

はつこい
first love
puppy love

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はつこい【初恋】

one's first love.

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はつこい【初恋】

one's first love; 〔幼時の〕 calf [puppy] love.

●初恋に破れる fail to win (the person who is) one's first love.

●初恋の人[相手] one's first love; the first girl [boy] one falls in love with

・初恋の味を知らない have not yet fallen in love; do not yet know what it is like to fall in love.

初恋物語 a story of first love; 《口》 a boy-meets-girl story.