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► 形容動詞
好き  [(2)すき]    meaning:  like  rank: 1
☆ は好きながいるが、誘う勇気ない ⇨ He has a girl he likes, but doesn’t have the guts to ask her out
☆ が好きな ⇨ The color I like

好き  [(2)すき]  [大好き]  [coll]    meaning:  love  rank: 1
☆ はおさんが大好きだ (だいすき) ⇨ I love my mom  (☛ In conversation 大好き is used instead of 愛する)
☆ 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い ⇨ Do as you wish
☆ 好きなてもいいよ ⇨ You can come visit me whenever you want
☆ 糖尿病で好きなようにべられない ⇨ He cannot eat what he wants because of his diabetes

► 接尾辞
好き  [ずき]    meaning:  like  rank: 3
☆ 女好きだ ⇨ He likes women. He is a womanizer


More examples:
  • どれか好きなのを一つびな ⇨ Pick whichever one you like
  • 洋酒日本酒のどちらが好きですか? ⇨ Which alcohol drink you like better, western ones or japanese one
  • 彼女に好きだと告白した ⇨ She told him that she was in love with him
  • いではないが、好きには絶対ならない ⇨ I don’t dislike him, but I would never get to like him
  • はいかにもが好きそうなじだ ⇨ He definitely looks like someone who loves to drink
  • あの二は好きなのに本当わないので、ているほうがれったくなる ⇨ Those two love each other but won’t admit it, and I feel really impatient as a bystander
  • 手料理一番好きだ ⇨ I love mom’s home cooking the best
  • うちの子供ゲームぬほど好きだ ⇨ My kid loves games to death. My kid might die without games
  • あんなブスが好きなんてあいつは趣味をしている ⇨ He has very weird taste to like an ugly woman like her
  • 彼女はお芝居くの好きだ ⇨ She likes to go watch plays (in theaters)
  • は好きなだけべさせたらぎるまでべる ⇨ If you let your dogs eat as much as they want, they will eat too much
  • が好きになり、中年邪魔になった ⇨ He fell in love with a younger woman, and wants to get rid of his middle-aged wife
  • 余り好きでない ⇨ I don’t like fried food that much
  • 彼女騎乗位が好きだ ⇨ She likes the cowgirl position
  • ねて着るほうが好きだ ⇨ I like to layer and wear multiple thin clothing