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[exp,n]
▶ special someone ▶ special person ▶ precious one ▶ significant other |
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| 2. | A 2014-01-06 10:01:29 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | I agree that the nuance is not apparent from the components. |
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| 1. | A* 2014-01-06 07:08:51 Marcus Richert | |
| Refs: | eij ngrams: 大切な人 1341061 first hit on google: http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q145 999454 "Q: 好きな人と大切な人は違うのですか？ ... BA: 好きな人は、失っても生きてはいける。大切な人は、失ったら生きていけない。" the remaining results on the first page of google are also evidently about loved ones, not "important person at this company", etc. |
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| Comments: | I think this should be included because of the many meanings 大切 could have, it seems to exclusively refer to one. _ (unsuccessfully submitted this once in 2012 with less references) |
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