嗜好
しこう
taste; liking; preference (esp. in food and drink)
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Examples
人の嗜好はさまざまだ。
ひとのしこうはさまざまだ。
People's tastes vary widely.
コーヒーや茶は嗜好品と呼ばれる。
コーヒーやちゃはしこうひんとよばれる。
Coffee and tea are classed as luxury consumables.
年齢とともに、食べ物の嗜好は少しずつ変わっていく。
ねんれいとともに、たべもののしこうはすこしずつかわっていく。
As people age, their taste in food gradually changes.
Common patterns
- 嗜好品
- luxury item of consumption (tobacco, alcohol, coffee)
- 個人の嗜好
- individual taste
- 嗜好に合う
- to suit one's taste
Memory tip
Watch the homophones: 志向 is orientation toward a goal (未来志向), 思考 is thinking, 施行 is enforcement of a law. 嗜好 is the one about what you like to consume, and 嗜好品 is its commonest use.
Kanji in this word
- 嗜Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists
- 好like, fond of, favourableコウ・このむ・すく
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