JLPT N5 · な-adjective

大好き (daisuki)

大好き (だいすき, daisuki) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “liking very much; loving (something or someone)”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: だいすき
Romaji: daisuki
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of · な-adjective

Example sentences

こちらはケンです。彼は自分の犬が大好きです。

This is Ken. He really likes his dog.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 大好き

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	大好きだ	だいすきだ daisukida
Present (polite)	大好きです	だいすきです daisukidesu
Negative	大好きじゃない	だいすきじゃない daisukijanai
Past	大好きだった	だいすきだった daisukidatta
Negative past	大好きじゃなかった	だいすきじゃなかった daisukijanakatta
Te-form	大好きで	だいすきで daisukide
Before a noun	大好きな	だいすきな daisukina
Adverb (~ni)	大好きに	だいすきに daisukini

Kanji in 大好き

大

large, bigダイ・タイ・おお-・おお.きい · 3 strokes

好

fond, pleasing, like somethingコウ・この.む・す.く · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 大好き.

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Source: JMdict entry 1413660 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.