好む
このむ · konomu
To like, to prefer
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 好みますこのみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 好みませんこのみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 好みましたこのみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 好みませんでしたこのみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 好みましょうこのみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 好みこのみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 好みたいこのみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 好みながらこのみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 好んでこのんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 好んだこのんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 好んだらこのんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 好んでいるこのんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 好まないこのまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 好まなかったこのまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 好まなくてこのまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 好めるこのめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 好めばこのめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 好めこのめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 好もうこのもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 好まれるこのまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 好ませるこのませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 好まされるこのまされる |
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What does 好む mean?
To like, to prefer.
How do you pronounce 好む?
このむ (konomu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 好む?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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