Illustration: In the living room of a Japanese apartment, a cat curls contentedly inside a slightly undersized cardboard box. Its eyes are half closed, its paws knead the softened edge, and its tail drapes happily over one corner. Immediately beside it stands a roomy, inviting cat bed that remains untouched.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

好このむ

konomu

to like, to prefer

Example sentences

  1. かなり多おおくのアメリカ人じんが寿司すしを好このむ。

    Quite a few Americans like sushi.

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  2. 猫ねこは肉にくより魚さかなを好このむ。

    The cat prefers fish to meat.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは静しずけさを好このむ。

    He prefers the quiet.

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Kanji in 好

  • 好fond; pleasingOnコウKunこのむ・すく・よい

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