JLPT N3 · Verb

好む (konomu)

好む (このむ, konomu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to like; to prefer”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
このむ
Romaji
konomu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to like; to prefer · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

かなり多くのアメリカ人が寿司を好む。
Quite a few Americans like sushi.

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

Conjugation of 好む

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary好むこのむ konomu
Polite (~masu)好みますこのみます konomimasu
Negative好まないこのまない konomanai
Polite negative好みませんこのみません konomimasen
Past好んだこのんだ kononda
Polite past好みましたこのみました konomimashita
Negative past好まなかったこのまなかった konomanakatta
Te-form好んでこのんで kononde
Potential好めるこのめる konomeru
Passive好まれるこのまれる konomareru
Causative好ませるこのませる konomaseru
Volitional好もうこのもう konomou
Imperative好めこのめ konome
Conditional (~ba)好めばこのめば konomeba

Kanji in 好む

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 好む.

Source: JMdict entry 1277520 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.