to swear, to pledge, to make an oath, to vow

an oath, pledge / (Shinto, Buddhism) vow that the Buddha pledged to save sentient beings

conjunctive form of 誓う (chikau) [godan]

love / affection / tenderness / (Buddhism); (Christianity) agape

(medicine) the Hippocratic oath

a female given name / a surname

love / (US) Short for 愛州 (“Idaho (a state of the United States)”).

before a common noun, expresses a sense of admiration or value: good, genuine; compare English the real deal / before a noun describing a person, expresses praise or fondness: dear, beloved

(archaic, derived from prefix sense) something dear or loved

a female given name