好すき好ずき

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Common wordJLPTN2

Meanings

noun

matter of taste; personal preference

Used to express that preferences vary from person to person. Often appears in the set phrase 好き好きだ or 好き好きだから.

食たべ物ものの好このみは人ひとによって好すき好ずきだ。
Food preferences are a matter of personal taste.
どの色いろがいいかは好すき好ずきだから、自じ分ぶんで選えらんでください。
Which color is best is a matter of taste, so please choose for yourself.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉は人ひとによって好すき好ずきだit's a matter that varies from person to person
味あじの好このみは人ひとによって好すき好ずきだ。
Taste in food varies from person to person.
〈事こと〉は好すき好ずきだからsince it's just a matter of personal taste
どちらが美味おいしいかは好すき好ずきだから、決きめられない。
Since which one tastes better is just a matter of personal taste, I can't decide.

Expressions

蓼たで食くう虫むしも好すき好ずきthere's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste; some prefer nettles

Kanji

好fond, pleasing, like something

Related words

好このみN3
好み is the general word for a personal liking or preference, while 好き好き stresses that tastes differ from person to person.
十じゅう人にん十と色いろ
十人十色 is a more formal, proverb-like expression meaning 'so many people, so many minds', while 好き好き is a casual noun used in everyday speech about tastes.

Don't confuse with

好すき嫌きらいN2
好き嫌い means one person's likes and dislikes, whereas 好き好き describes how tastes vary among different people.

Written forms

好すき好ずきUsage85%
Standard kanji spelling; the repetition of 好き is the most common written form.
好すきずきUsage15%
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common but still encountered.

Etymology

Reduplication of 好き (suki, 'liking') with rendaku voicing on the second element, yielding すきずき. The repetition emphasizes the idea of individual preferences.