好く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
好
す
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *suku.

Pronunciation

Verb

好(す)く • (suku) transitive godan (stem 好(す)き (suki), past 好(す)いた (suita))

  1. to be fond of
    Synonym: 好む (konomu)
    Antonyms: 嫌う (kirau), 嫌がる (iyagaru)

Usage notes

  • In modern Japanese, the object is marked with を. Until the Muromachi period (1336-1573), the object used to be marked with に.[1]

Conjugation

Conjugation of "好く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 好か すか suka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 好き すき suki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 好く すく suku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 好く すく suku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 好け すけ suke
Meireikei ("imperative") 好け すけ suke
Key constructions
Passive 好かれる すかれる sukareru
Causative 好かせる
好かす 		すかせる
すかす 		sukaseru
sukasu
Potential 好ける すける sukeru
Volitional 好こう すこう sukō
Negative 好かない すかない sukanai
Negative continuative 好かず すかず sukazu
Formal 好きます すきます sukimasu
Perfective 好いた すいた suita
Conjunctive 好いて すいて suite
Hypothetical conditional 好けば すけば sukeba
Classical conjugation of "好く" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 好か すか suka
Continuative (連用形) 好き すき suki
Terminal (終止形) 好く すく suku
Attributive (連体形) 好く すく suku
Realis (已然形) 好け すけ suke
Imperative (命令形) 好け すけ suke
Key constructions
Negative 好かず すかず sukazu
Contrasting conjunction 好けど すけど sukedo
Causal conjunction 好けば すけば sukeba
Conditional conjunction 好かば すかば sukaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 好きき すきき sukiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 好きけり すきけり sukikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 好きつ すきつ sukitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 好きぬ すきぬ sukinu
Perfect-continuative tense 好けり
好きたり		 すけり
すきたり		 sukeri
sukitari
Volitional 好かむ すかむ sukamu

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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