好く

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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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