好んで
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 好 |
| この Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi |
Etymology
The conjunctive form of the verb 好む (konomu, “to like”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
好んで • (kononde)
- willingly; voluntarily
- 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 47, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下 先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:
- もし奥さんにすべての事情を打ち明けて頼むとすれば、私は好んで自分の弱点を自分の愛人とその母親の前に曝け出さなければなりません。
- Moshi Oku-san ni subete no jijō o uchiakete tanomu to sureba, watakushi wa kononde jibun no jakuten o jibun no aijin to sono hahaoya no mae ni sarakedasanakereba narimasen.
- If I were to lay everything bare to Oku-san and ask for her help, I would have to voluntarily expose my weakness to the woman I love and her mother.
- often (and gladly)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN