liking
好き
解説 Definition
liking は like（好む）に由来する名詞で、好きであること、好みという意味です。特定の人や物に対する好意や好みを表し、a liking for ... の形でよく使われます。
A liking is a feeling of enjoyment, preference, or affection for a person, thing, or activity. It commonly appears in the patterns have a liking for something and develop a liking for something.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
liking は動詞 like に -ing を付けた名詞で、「好意・好み」を表します。語末の e は残して like＋ing → liking ではなく、綴り上は e を落として liking となります。have a liking for ...「…が好きだ」、develop a liking for ...「…を好きになる」が定番です。like はその場の好みを直接述べますが、a liking は育った嗜好や好意を名詞として捉えます。
Link the noun liking to the verb like, then notice the spelling change: drop the final silent e before adding -ing, so like becomes liking. Here it names a preference or feeling rather than an action in progress. Learn it through two common patterns: have a liking for quiet music means to enjoy it, while develop a liking for green tea means to begin enjoying it over time. Compared with simply saying I like it, a liking treats the preference as a feeling or tendency that someone possesses and may gradually acquire.
例文
She has a liking for quiet music.
彼女は静かな音楽が好きです。
His liking for sports began at school.
彼のスポーツ好きは学校で始まりました。
I developed a liking for green tea after living in Japan.
日本に住んでから、私は緑茶が好きになりました。
liking の類義語・関連語
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liking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 līcian（喜ばせる、気に入る）から派生した名詞形。ゲルマン祖語 *līkōną（似合う、ふさわしい）に遡り、「自分に合う→好む」と意味が変化した。関連語：like（好む）、likewise（同様に）。「似ている・ふさわしい」が「好ましい」に転じた語。
Liking is formed from like with the noun-forming -ing ending. The relevant verb descends from Old English lician, meaning “to please” or “be pleasing.” It is related to a Germanic family associated historically with suitability, form, or being fitting. The sense developed from something being suitable or pleasing to someone into the modern idea of preference or affection. The final e of like is dropped in the spelling of liking.
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