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好んで (このんで) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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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かれ
は
好この
ん
で
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.
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
Opposites 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'.
