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好んで (このんで, kononde) Japanese meaning: by choice | Kotomora
じ 字
Kanji 好 fond, pleasing, like something Related words わざと stresses that an act was done on purpose, often with a negative or mischievous nuance, while 好んで stresses that the act was done because the person actually likes or prefers it.
自ら highlights that the person acted in person/on their own initiative, whereas 好んで highlights that they did so out of personal preference or liking.
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難むずか
しい
仕し
事ごと
を
引ひ
き
受う
ける
。
He willingly takes on difficult tasks.
Nobody does that kind of thing by choice.
Usage patterns 好この んで 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 わけではない it's not that one does 〈verb〉 by choice
It's not that I'm working overtime because I want to.
好この んで 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 人ひと はいない no one does 〈verb〉 willingly
No one goes to war by choice.
好この んで 〈 物もの 〉 を 食た べる to eat something out of personal preference
He eats spicy food because he likes it.
Expressions 好す き 好この んで by choice; willingly; for the love of it いやいや means doing something reluctantly and against one's wishes, the opposite of 好んで, which means doing something because one likes or prefers it.
Etymology Adverbial form of the verb 好む (このむ, 'to like, to prefer'), derived from its て-form. The kanji 好 carries the meaning of 'fondness' or 'liking'.
