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好き嫌い

すききらい

likes and dislikes, fussiness (especially about food)

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Examples

  1. 好き嫌いを言わないで全部食べなさい。

    すききらいをいわないでぜんぶたべなさい。

    Don't be fussy — eat it all up.

  2. うちの子は食べ物の好き嫌いが多い。

    うちのこはたべもののすききらいがおおい。

    My child is a very picky eater.

  3. 仕事は好き嫌いで選ぶものではないと父に言われた。

    しごとはすききらいでえらぶものではないとちちにいわれた。

    My father told me a job is not something you choose by what you like and dislike.

Common patterns

好き嫌いが激しい
to have very strong likes and dislikes
好き嫌いが多い
to be fussy, to be a picky eater
好き嫌いなく食べる
to eat anything without fussing

Memory tip

Two opposites glued together, like 売買 or 上り下り. At the dinner table it is the standard word for a child who refuses food, so 好き嫌いが多い is heard far more often than any word for 'picky'.

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