好き

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 好く (suku, to like, to be fond of, to enjoy, to feel love for).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /su.ki/, [sɯᵝ˦.ki˨]

Adjective

() (suki-na (adnominal () (suki na), adverbial () (suki ni))

  1. liked, favorite
    ()()(もの)は?アイスクリームです。
    Suki na tabemono wa? Aisukurīmu desu.
    What's your favorite food? - It's ice cream.
    (きみ)()だからこそこれほど頑張(がんば)っているんだよ。
    Kimi ga suki da kara koso kore hodo ganbatte iru n da yo.
    It's precisely because I like you [because of my fondness for you] that I'm working this hard.
    ()です。
    Suki desu.
    “I like you.” → idiomatically used to express: “I love you.”
    どうとも()にしなさい。
    Dō tomo suki ni shinasai.
    Feel free to do as you like.

Usage notes

Used as an adjective to describe the thing that is liked. Note that this is different from English, where the term like is used as a verb describing the action of having a fondness or preference for something.

Inflection

Noun

() (suki

  1. fondness, favor, favour
    ()こそものの上手(じょうず)なれ
    Suki koso mono no jōzu nare
    Your fondness helps improve your skill. → Who likes not his business, his business doesn't like him.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN