好すき嫌きらい

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

likes and dislikes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food)

Refers to personal tastes, often with a nuance of being fussy or picky, especially about food. Common in expressions like 好き嫌いが多い or 好き嫌いが激しい.

好すき嫌きらいが多おおいto have a lot of likes and dislikes (i.e. to be picky)
彼かれは食たべ物ものの好すき嫌きらいが多おおい。
He's very picky about food.
好すき嫌きらいが激はげしいto have strong likes and dislikes
子こ供どもの頃ころは好すき嫌きらいが激はげしかった。
When I was a child, I had very strong likes and dislikes.
好すき嫌きらいをするto be picky (about food, etc.)
好すき嫌きらいをしないで何なんでも食たべなさい。
Don't be picky, eat everything.
好すき嫌きらいなく〈動どう詞し〉to do something without being picky
野や菜さいは好すき嫌きらいなく食たべたほうがいい。
It's better to eat vegetables without being picky about them.
〈物もの〉の好すき嫌きらいがあるto have likes and dislikes regarding something
音おん楽がくにも好すき嫌きらいがある。
There are likes and dislikes when it comes to music too.

好このみN3
好み is a neutral word for personal taste or preference, while 好き嫌い carries a stronger nuance of fussiness, especially about food.
偏へん食しょく
偏食 specifically describes an unbalanced or picky eating habit with a nutritional focus, whereas 好き嫌い covers likes and dislikes more broadly, not just food.
食くわず嫌ぎらいN1
好き嫌い covers likes and dislikes based on actual experience, while 食わず嫌い specifically means disliking something you have never tried.
嗜し好こうN1
好き嫌い explicitly contrasts likes and dislikes, while 嗜好 describes one's general taste orientation, usually toward what is liked.

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

Compound of 好き (like) and 嫌い (dislike), forming a straightforward noun meaning 'likes and dislikes'.