► 形容動詞
好き [(2)すき] meaning: like rank: 1
☆ 彼は好きな女の子がいるが、誘う勇気が出ない ⇨ He has a girl he likes, but doesn’t have the guts to ask her out
☆ 私が好きな色 ⇨ The color I like
好き [(2)すき] [大好き] [coll] meaning: love rank: 1
☆ 私はお母さんが大好きだ (だいすき) ⇨ I love my mom (☛ In conversation 大好き is used instead of 愛する)
☆ 私は辛い食べ物が大好きだ (だいすき) ⇨ I love spicy food (☛ In conversation 大好き is used instead of 愛する)
好き [(2)すき] meaning: want rank: 1
☆ 好きなようにすれば良い ⇨ Do as you wish
☆ 好きな時に来てもいいよ ⇨ You can come visit me whenever you want
☆ 彼は糖尿病で好きなように食べられない ⇨ He cannot eat what he wants because of his diabetes
► 接尾辞
好き [ずき] meaning: like rank: 3
☆ 彼は女好きだ ⇨ He likes women. He is a womanizer
More examples:
- 彼は好きな女の子の前でもじもじして話が出来なかった ⇨ He was too shy in front of the girl he liked and couldn’t talk
- 彼は知識をひけらかすのが好きだ ⇨ He likes to show off his knowledge
- 私は固めの御飯が好きだ ⇨ I like rice cooked on the hard side
- 好き好んで結婚した癖に簡単に離婚するものだ ⇨ They divorced quickly even though they had married because they wanted to
- 遠慮しないで好きなだけ食べ下さい ⇨ Don’t worry about manners and eat as much as you’d like
- 彼は彼女に好きだと伝えたが軽くあしらわれた ⇨ He told her that he was in love with her, but got brushed off
- 僕は母の手料理が一番好きだ ⇨ I love mom’s home cooking the best
- 私は男らしい人が好きだ ⇨ I like manly men
- 彼女はお芝居を観に行くの好きだ ⇨ She likes to go watch plays (in theaters)
- 私はスポーツが好きだが、野球は好きではない ⇨ I like sports but don’t like baseball
- 彼はいかにも酒が好きそうな感じだ ⇨ He definitely looks like someone who loves to drink
- あいつに好きにさせてやれ ⇨ Let him do what he wants
- 僕は野球より(も)バスケットのほうが好きだ ⇨ I prefer basketball than baseball
- いくら子供好きでも一日中子供の相手をするのは疲れる ⇨ Even when you love kids, it is tiring to deal with them all day
- 彼女は子供が好きだ ⇨ She likes children