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物好き (monozuki) Japanese meaning: idle curiosity | Kotomora
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He has a strange taste and collects nothing but old clocks.
You must be a curious person to look into something like that.
Usage patterns 物もの 好ず きな 〈 人ひと 〉 a person with an odd or whimsical interest
There are people with eccentric tastes who have unusual hobbies.
物もの 好ず きにも 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 out of idle curiosity, (someone) does something
Out of sheer curiosity, he went to a dangerous place.
Kanji 好 fond, pleasing, like something 奇 strange, strangeness, curiosity Related words 好奇心 is neutral intellectual curiosity, while 物好き carries a nuance of eccentric or idle interest.
変わり者 describes a generally eccentric person, whereas 物好き focuses specifically on their odd tastes or curiosities.
Don't confuse with 好き simply means 'to like' something, while 物好き describes an unusual or whimsical fondness for odd things, not ordinary liking.
物好き looks similar because it also starts with 物, but it means someone with eccentric tastes or curiosity, not someone with broad knowledge like 物知り.
Written forms 物もの 好ず き Usage 73%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
もの 好ず き Usage 22%
Kana-kanji mixed spelling; common in everyday writing.
ものずき Usage 5%
物もの 数ず 奇き
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form; it is rarely used.
Etymology Compound of 物 (thing) and 好き (liking). The reading ずき is a voiced form of 好き (すき) due to rendaku. The kanji form 物数奇 is an old ateji usage.
