好このむ

このむ konomu

to like
to prefer

godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

喜欢；偏好

Examples

Furigana

彼かれは飛ひ行こう機きでの海かい外がい旅りょ行こうを好このむ。
He likes travelling abroad by air.
他喜欢乘飞机出国旅行。
Tatoeba #100682
その老ろう人じんは車くるまより馬ば車しゃの方ほうを好このんだ。
The old man prefers horse carriages to cars.
那位老人比起汽车更喜欢马车。
Tatoeba #206117

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('02122dbf6e'); // 好む

{
  "id": "02122dbf6e",
  "word": "好む",
  "reading": "このむ",
  "romaji": "konomu",
  "meanings": [
    "to like",
    "to prefer"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v5m",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1277520,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は飛行機での海外旅行を好む。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{飛行機|ひこうき}での{海外旅行|かいがいりょこう}を{好|この}む。",
      "en": "He likes travelling abroad by air.",
      "tatoeba_id": 100682
    },
    {
      "ja": "その老人は車より馬車の方を好んだ。",
      "furigana": "その{老人|ろうじん}は{車|くるま}より{馬車|ばしゃ}の{方|ほう}を{好|この}んだ。",
      "en": "The old man prefers horse carriages to cars.",
      "tatoeba_id": 206117
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "13bf74b9b96b1e6105535803db7c1284972be7bb3835a2da8ffa9e581ffed30f",
    "meanings": [
      "喜欢",
      "偏好"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は飛行機での海外旅行を好む。",
        "zh": "他喜欢乘飞机出国旅行。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "その老人は車より馬車の方を好んだ。",
        "zh": "那位老人比起汽车更喜欢马车。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/02122dbf6e",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1277520; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "a381b50ea1b49988d6912efb99c072e2167ef29e0b3d4a7bb0b950624c6e252c"
  }
}