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jmdict 2134480 Active (id: 2227688)
恋は盲目
こいはもうもく
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ reason ends where love begins
▶ in love, reason takes flight
▶ love is a blind guide
▶ love makes fools of us all
▶ [lit] love is blind
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2841164 愛は盲目【あいはもうもく】 1. love is blind
  ⇐ see: 2841165 恋は闇【こいはやみ】 1. love is blind



History:
4. A 2023-04-02 23:04:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2023-04-02 21:56:45  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr: 恋は常識や理性を失わせてしまう,の意。
daijs: 恋におちると、理性や常識を失ってしまうということ。
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/love_is_blind
  Comments:
This doesn't have the same meaning as "love is blind", despite being a direct translation of the English expression.
I couldn't find an equivalent proverb in English so I asked ChatGPT for some suggestions...
  Diff:
@@ -12 +11,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2089340">痘痕も靨</xref>
@@ -14,2 +13,5 @@
-<s_inf>from the English saying</s_inf>
-<gloss>love is blind</gloss>
+<gloss>reason ends where love begins</gloss>
+<gloss>in love, reason takes flight</gloss>
+<gloss>love is a blind guide</gloss>
+<gloss>love makes fools of us all</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">love is blind</gloss>
2. A 2018-10-09 07:39:00  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13,2 @@
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
+<s_inf>from the English saying</s_inf>
1. A 2007-01-21 00:00:00 
  Comments:
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