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趣味  [(1)しゅみ]    meaning:  hobby  rank: 1
☆ 釣りが趣味だ ⇨ His hobby is fishing

趣味  [(1)しゅみ]    meaning:  prefer  rank: 1
☆ あんなブス好きなんてあいつはな趣味をしている ⇨ He has very weird taste to like an ugly woman like her
☆ 彼女服装の趣味がい ⇨ She has very bad fashion sense

趣味  [(1)しゅみ]    meaning:  taste  rank: 1
☆ 趣味の冗談 ⇨ A joke with very poor taste


More examples:
  • の趣味は様々だ ⇨ People’s preferences vary greatly
  • 釣りが趣味だ ⇨ Fishing is his hobby
  • は趣味にかまけて仕事かになった ⇨ He spent too much energy on his hobby and not enough for work
  • まあ、趣味はそれぞれですからね ⇨ Well, everybody has their own tastes
  • 退屈凌ぎにめた趣味にハマってしまった ⇨ I got hooked on the hobby I had originally started out of boredom
  • 仕事は趣味をねている ⇨ His job is also his hobby
  • 変態的な趣味 ⇨ Perverted enjoyments
  • 伝統音楽鑑賞するのが趣味です ⇨ My hobby is to enjoy traditional music
  • は趣味が本業になった ⇨ His hobby has eventually become his main job
  • 趣味でおげれば一挙両得だ ⇨ If you can make money with your hobby, that’s “single stroke gets both”, kill two birds with one stone
  • の趣味は高尚過ぎてついていけない ⇨ His taste is too sophisticated and I cannot keep up
  • 悪趣味な冗談 ⇨ Jokes with poor taste. Offensive jokes
  • 釣るのが趣味だ ⇨ His hobby is fishing
  • 趣味でげれば一石だ ⇨ If you can earn money with your hobby, that is killing two birds with one stone
  • の趣味は映画鑑賞です ⇨ My hobby is watching movies