好き
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Kanji in this term |
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好 |
す Grade: 4 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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数奇 (rare) 数寄 (rare) |
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 好く (suku, “to like, to be fond of, to enjoy, to feel love for”).[1][2]
First cited to the late 900s in the 宇津保物語 (Utsubo Monogatari).[1]
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]好き • (suki) -na (adnominal 好きな (suki na), adverbial 好きに (suki ni))
- liked, likable
- Antonym: 嫌い
- 好きな食べ物は? アイスクリームです。
- Suki na tabemono wa? Aisu kurīmu desu.
- What's your favorite food? - It's ice cream.
- 君が好きだからこそこれほど頑張っているんだよ。
- 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.
- 好きです。
- Suki desu.
- “I like you.” → idiomatically used to express: “I love you.”
- どうとも好きにしなさい。
- Dō to mo suki ni shinasai.
- Feel free to do as you like.
Usage notes
[edit]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. The verb from which this term is derived, however, 好く (suku), more closely resembles the verbal usage of like in English.
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of 好き
Stem forms | |||
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Imperfective (未然形) | 好きだろ | すきだろ | suki daro |
Continuative (連用形) | 好きで | すきで | suki de |
Terminal (終止形) | 好きだ | すきだ | suki da |
Attributive (連体形) | 好きな | すきな | suki na |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | 好きなら | すきなら | suki nara |
Imperative (命令形) | 好きであれ | すきであれ | suki de are |
Key constructions | |||
Informal negative | 好きではない 好きじゃない |
すきではない すきじゃない |
suki de wa nai suki ja nai |
Informal past | 好きだった | すきだった | suki datta |
Informal negative past | 好きではなかった 好きじゃなかった |
すきではなかった すきじゃなかった |
suki de wa nakatta suki ja nakatta |
Formal | 好きです | すきです | suki desu |
Formal negative | 好きではありません 好きじゃありません |
すきではありません すきじゃありません |
suki de wa arimasen suki ja arimasen |
Formal past | 好きでした | すきでした | suki deshita |
Formal negative past | 好きではありませんでした 好きじゃありませんでした |
すきではありませんでした すきじゃありませんでした |
suki de wa arimasen deshita suki ja arimasen deshita |
Conjunctive | 好きで | すきで | suki de |
Conditional | 好きなら(ば) | すきなら(ば) | suki nara (ba) |
Provisional | 好きだったら | すきだったら | suki dattara |
Volitional | 好きだろう | すきだろう | suki darō |
Adverbial | 好きに | すきに | suki ni |
Degree | 好きさ | すきさ | sukisa |
Noun
[edit]- fondness, favor, favour
- 好きこそものの上手なれ
- Suki koso mono no jōzu nare
- Your fondness helps improve your skill. → Who likes not his business, his business doesn't like him.
- 好きこそものの上手なれ
Derived terms
[edit]- 好き好き (sukizuki): matter of taste
- 好きになる (suki ni naru): to fall in love
Suffix
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Kanji in this term |
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好 |
よ Grade: 4 |
kun'yomi |
Adjective
[edit]- (Classical Japanese or literary) attributive of 好し
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “すき 【好・数奇・数寄】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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