好く

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *suku.

Pronunciation

Verb

() • (suku) transitive godan (stem () (suki), past ()いた (suita))

  1. to be fond of
    Synonym: 好む (konomu)
    Antonyms: 嫌う (kirau), 嫌がる (iyagaru)

Usage notes

  • In modern Japanese, the object is marked with . Until the Muromachi period (1336-1573), the object used to be marked with .[1]

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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