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Japanese
Etymology
Comprised of 蓼 (tade, “Persicaria hydropiper or Polygonum hydropiper: water pepper, smartweed”) + 食う (kuu, “eat”) + 虫 (mushi, “bug”) + も (mo, “even, also”, inclusive particle) + 好き好き (sukizuki, “a matter of taste”, literally “likes and likes”).[1][2][3] As a full phrase, literally " even bugs that eat smartweed, it's a matter of taste."
First cited to a text from the late 1500s, early 1600s.[1]
Pronunciation
Proverb
蓼食う虫も好き好き • (tade kuu mushi mo sukizuki)
- there's no accounting for taste
Synonyms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “蓼食う虫も好き好き”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ “蓼食う虫も好き好き”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN