KOU |
Your Moms likes exercising her COLON on Youtube. |
A woman and her child means 'like', huh? Think you can handle the linguistics by yourself, Noam Chomsky?? |
( が ) す*き |
to like
★★★★★ |
この*む |
To have a preference for.
★★☆☆☆ |
この*み |
The noun form of 好む. You often say, 'That's my konomi,' meaning 'That's my favorite kind' . . . but it also implies that you know a lot about that thing.(***)
★★★☆☆ |
大好き | |
格好 |
looks
★★★★★
1/2 KANA
literally, 'look' or 'shape,' as in 'He's dressed as a woman' : おんなの格好してる。 But usually it means 'coolness:' かっこいい (cool) or かっこうわるい (not).(when used in the figurative, 'cool' sense, it is usually KANA) |
格好つける |
try too hard to be cool
★★★☆☆
KANA
this is a rad one. it means "try too hard to be cool". (Literally "manufacturing coolness") |
好奇心 |
curiosity
★☆☆☆☆
curiosity BOOBOO: if you want to say you're curious about a specific thing, you'd use 興味 (きょうみ) instead. 好奇心 usually means "curiosity-in-general": you have an inquiring personality, or a gaze of curiosity on your face. You'd never say, "Oh, you play in a band? 好奇心ある!” |