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大好き (だいすき, daisuki) Japanese meaning: love | Kotomora

大だい好すき

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Common word›JLPTN5›Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

Meanings

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love; like very much; be very fond of

Expresses strong liking or love for something or someone. Used in casual and everyday contexts; stronger than 好き.

私わたしは猫ねこが大だい好すきです。

I love cats.

彼かれは大だい好すきなアーティストの曲きょくを聴きいている。

He is listening to songs by his favorite artist.

Usage patterns

〈物もの・事こと〉が大だい好すきto love/really like (something)
私わたしは音おん楽がくが大だい好すきです。
I really love music.
大だい好すきな〈物もの〉one's favorite (thing/person), modifying a noun
これは私わたしの大だい好すきな本ほんです。
This is my favorite book.
〈人ひと〉のことが大だい好すきto be very fond of / love a person
彼かの女じょは彼かれのことが大だい好すきだ。
She really loves him.

Expressions

大だい好すきになるcome to like a lot; fall in love

Kanji

大large, big
好fond, pleasing, like something

Related words

好すきN5
好き means a plain 'like' or 'fond of', while 大好き is a stronger, more enthusiastic version meaning 'love' or 'really like'.
愛あいするN3
愛する is a more formal, deeper verb for 'to love', often used for people or ideals, while 大好き is casual and can apply to anything from food to hobbies.
最さい愛あい
大好き is a casual, everyday word for liking something very much, while 最愛 is formal and marks a single person as one's most beloved.
目めがないN2
大好き simply means 'very fond of' in general, while 目がない specifically stresses an inability to resist temptation, often with food or hobbies.

Opposites

大だい嫌きらいN1
大好き expresses strong liking, whereas 大嫌い expresses strong disliking; they are direct emotional opposites.

Built from

大だい+好すく

Written forms

大だい好すきUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
だいすきUsage2%
ダイスキUsage<1%
大ちゅきだいすきUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.

Etymology

Compound of 大 (dai, 'big, great') + 好き (suki, 'liking'). The prefix 大 intensifies the meaning.