noun
favourite food; favourite dish
Refers to a food or dish one particularly likes. Often used in the phrase 好物は最後に取っておく (save one's favourite food for last).
寿司は私の好物です。
Sushi is my favourite food.
彼の好物はカレーライスだ。
His favourite dish is curry rice.
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word.
Emphasizes a very strong liking; 'all-time favourite' or 'absolute favourite food'.
Compound of 好 (こう, 'like') and 物 (ぶつ, 'thing'). The reading ぶつ is a common Sino-Japanese reading for 物 in compounds.