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蓼食う虫も好き好き

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
蓼 食 虫 好 好
たで
Hyōgai 		く
Grade: 2 		むし
Grade: 1 		す
Grade: 4 		す > ず
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
蓼食う蟲も好き好き (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Comprised of 蓼 (tade, “Persicaria hydropiper or Polygonum hydropiper: water pepper, smartweed”) +‎ 食う (kuu, “eat”) +‎ 虫 (mushi, “bug”) +‎ も (mo, “even, also”, inclusive particle) +‎ 好き好き (sukizuki, “a matter of taste”, literally “likes and likes”).[1][2][3] As a full phrase, literally "[there are] even bugs that eat smartweed, it's a matter of taste."

First cited to a text from the late 1500s, early 1600s.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ta̠de̞ kɯ̟ː mɯ̟ɕi mo̞ sɨkʲizɨkʲi]

Proverb

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蓼(たで)食(く)う虫(むし)も好(す)き好(ず)き • (tade kuu mushi mo sukizuki) 

  1. [from circa 1600] there's no accounting for taste

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “蓼食う虫も好き好き”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “蓼食う虫も好き好き”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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