love something more than eating; extremely fond of
Idiomatic expression meaning someone likes something so much that they would skip meals for it. Often used humorously or emphatically.
He seems to have a game he loves more than eating.
I love cats so much that I'd rather be with them than eat.
A general term for 'love' or 'like very much'; 三度の飯より好き is a stronger, more colorful idiom emphasizing that the fondness surpasses even the basic need for food.
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
Variant with めし in kana; less common but still seen.
All-kana variant; rare and mainly used for emphasis or in informal contexts.
Literally 'liked more than three meals a day'. The phrase uses the common Japanese expression 三度の飯 (three meals) to represent a fundamental daily necessity, emphasizing that the fondness for something exceeds even that basic need.