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Meanings
1
by choice; willingly; deliberately
Indicates that an action is done out of personal preference or volition, not by obligation or accident. Often used when the subject actively chooses to do something.
See also: 好む
He willingly takes on difficult tasks.
Nobody does that kind of thing by choice.
Usage patterns
- 好んで〈動詞〉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.
- 好んで〈動詞〉人はいないno one does 〈verb〉 willingly
No one goes to war by choice.
- 好んで〈物〉を食べるto eat something out of personal preference
He eats spicy food because he likes it.
Expressions
- 好き好んでby choice; willingly; for the love of it