好すき

na-adjective, noun

liking; fond of; favorite; to one's taste

The basic na-adjective and noun for liking something or finding it pleasing. The thing liked normally takes が, as in コーヒーが好き.

Antonyms: 嫌い

• 甘あまい物ものが好すきです。

  I like sweet things.

• 一いち番ばん好すきな映えい画がは何なんですか。

  What is your favorite movie?

na-adjective, noun

romantically fond of; in love with; beloved

Used for romantic attraction as well as ordinary liking; context or words such as 告白する and 好きな人 make the romantic meaning clear.

• 告こく白はくする前まえから、彼かの女じょのことが好すきだった。

  I had liked her romantically even before I confessed.

• 彼かれには好すきな人ひとがいるらしい。

  Apparently he has someone he likes.

noun, na-adjective

faddism; eccentric fondness; strong enthusiasm

A limited noun-like extension referring to a pronounced, sometimes quirky or excessive taste. It is most natural in compounds or phrases such as 好きが高じて rather than as a free everyday adjective.

• 彼かれは昆こん虫ちゅう好ずきが高こうじて、専せん門もんの研けん究きゅう者しゃになった。

  His passion for insects grew so strong that he became a specialist researcher.

na-adjective, noun

as one likes; as it suits one; freely

Used in patterns such as 好きにする and 好きなように, meaning to do something as one wishes or in whatever way suits one.

• あとは好すきにしていいよ。

  You can do whatever you like with the rest.

• 家か具ぐは好すきなように配はい置ちしてください。

  Please arrange the furniture however you like.

na-adjective, noun

lecherous; lustful; salacious

Rare and old-fashioned as an independent meaning; most likely to be encountered in fixed or compound expressions such as 好き者 referring to a lecherous person.

• 古ふるい文ぶん脈みゃくで「好すき者もの」と言いうと、好こう色しょくな人ひとを指さすことがある。

  In older contexts, 好き者 can refer to a lecherous person.