noun
love; romantic love
General term for love, often with a modern or Western nuance. Used in compounds like ラブレター (love letter) and ラブストーリー (love story).
彼女からラブレターをもらった。
I received a love letter from her.
あの映画は感動的なラブストーリーだ。
That movie is a touching love story.
noun
Sports term for a score of zero, used in tennis, badminton, table tennis, etc. Often appears in phrases like ラブゲーム (love game) or フィフティーンラブ (fifteen-love).
テニスの試合はラブゲームで終わった。
The tennis match ended in a love game.
スコアはフィフティーンラブです。
The score is fifteen-love.
Alternative katakana spelling reflecting the English 'v' sound; less common than ラブ.
Borrowed from English 'love'. The spelling ラヴ reflects the original 'v' sound, but ラブ is more common in modern Japanese.