| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 嗜好 | しこう | taste, liking, preference |
| 嗜む | たしなむ | to have a taste for, to be fond of, to have an interest in (e.g. a hobby); to be modest, to be prudent |
| 嗜み | たしなみ | taste (in goods, etc.); prudence, preparedness; modesty, restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.) |
| 不嗜 | ぶたしなみ | poor preparation |
| 嗜好品 | しこうひん | luxury grocery item, something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment (e.g. alcohol, tobacco, coffee) |
| 嗜虐的 | しぎゃくてき | sadistic |
| 嗜虐性 | しぎゃくせい | sadism |
| 嗜眠 | しみん | deep sleep, torpor |
| 少年愛嗜好 | しょうねんあいしこう | pedophilia |
| 身嗜み | みだしなみ | personal appearance, personal grooming |