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好み
Meaning in Englishliking, taste, preference
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What it means
好み means personal taste or preference; it describes what someone likes or tends to choose, spanning foods, clothing, or hobbies, and reflects an individual inclination rather than objective quality.
Main meanings
- taste, liking: one's preferred types of things such as food, books, or fashion
- personal inclination or style: a characteristic preference that guides choices in daily life
- variation in taste: acknowledges that people have different likes, leading to diverse opinions
How to use it
Used to express personal taste or preference in both casual and formal contexts; common constructions include 私の好みです and あなたの好みは何ですか; 好みが分かれる expresses that tastes differ among people.
Variants and close terms
- 趣味 (shumi) — taste or liking; often used for hobbies or things you enjoy
- 嗜好 (shikou) — formal or stronger sense of preference or appetite
- センス (senso) — sense of style or aesthetic
- 好みではない (konomi de wa nai) — not to one’s liking
Composition
- 好 = to like; favorable feeling
- み = nominalizing suffix that marks the noun form of a tendency or preference
Etymology
好 meaning to like and the nominalizing suffix み; together they form the native noun read konomi.
Word class
noun (名詞)
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好調
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好評
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好ましい
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nice, likable, desirable
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嗜好
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taste, liking, preference
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物好き
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(idle) curiosity
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良好
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favorable, satisfactory
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好き嫌い
sukikirai
likes and dislikes, taste
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