VOCABULARY
もの好き 〈な〉
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having strange tastes / curious
curiosity about strange things, eccentricity, person with strange tastes, oddball
noun
na_adjective
Example sentences
こんな辺鄙な所に来るなんてもの好きだね。
Coming to such a remote place is rather eccentric, isn't it.
彼はもの好きで珍しい虫を集めている。
He's curious about strange things and collects rare insects.
そんな映画を見るとはもの好きな人だ。
Anyone who watches that kind of movie is an oddball.
もの好きにも程があると笑われた。
They laughed, saying there's a limit to such strange tastes.
Practice exercises
1
彼は物好きな人だ。
He is an eccentric person.
Answer
物好き
2
彼は本当に物好きだね。
He is really an oddball, isn't he?
Answer
物好き
3
そんなことをするのは、よほどの物好きだろう。
Only a real oddball would do such a thing.
Answer
物好き
4
ゴミからアート作品を作るなんて、かなりの物好きですね。
Making art out of trash, that takes a considerable amount of eccentricity, doesn't it?
Answer
物好き
5
誰もやらないような地味な研究に没頭しているとは、彼も相当な物好きだ。
To be engrossed in such an unglamorous research that no one else would do, he really is quite an oddball.
Answer
物好き