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選り好み (よりごのみ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

選より好ごのみ

also: えりごのみ

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Meanings

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

being picky; being choosy; being particular

Describes a tendency to be selective or fussy, often about food, clothes, or people. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive verb.

彼かれは食たべ物ものに選より好ごのみが激はげしい。
He is very picky about food.
仕し事ごとを選より好ごのみしている場ば合

あい

じゃ

ない

。

This is no time to be choosy about jobs.

Written forms

選り好みUsage72%
- よりごのみ
  Standard kanji spelling for the reading よりごのみ.
- えりごのみ
えり好ごのみUsage28%
Alternate reading えりごのみ, sometimes used in speech or informal writing.
より好ごのみ
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common but still encountered.
えりごのみ

Kanji

選elect, select, choose
好fond, pleasing, like something

Similar words

好すき嫌きらい
好き嫌い refers more to likes and dislikes in general, while 選り好み emphasizes active selection and fussiness.
こだわる
こだわる means to be particular or obsessive about details, often with a positive or neutral nuance, whereas 選り好み can carry a negative tone of being overly selective.

Etymology

Compound of 選り (yori, the continuative form of 選る 'to select') and 好み (gonomi, 'liking, preference'). The reading えりごのみ is a variant using the older stem 選り (eri).