suki

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suki (plural sukis)

1. In some Asian cultures, a favored customer, a regular who receives preferential treatment.
   • 1973, William G. Davis, Social Relations in a Philippine Market: Self-interest and Subjectivity, →ISBN, page 230:

     Near the opposite end of the suki continuum, the "subjective" pole, are special suki.

   • 2007, Isabel S. Panopio, & Realidad Santico Rolda, Society & Culture, →ISBN, page 216:

     Frequent buyers in a particular store become the suki, so that with this kind of a relationship, the marketgoer gets an extra treat, like obtaining more tomatoes for the price of a kilo.

   • 2011, Robert S. Pomeroy & ‎Neil Andrew, Small-scale Fisheries Management, →ISBN, page 169:

     The suki relationship in the Philippines, a credit/marketing linkage, is often assumed to be exploitative of the fisher.

2. (martial arts) An opening to the enemy; a weak spot that provides an advantage for one's opponent.
   • 1959, Daisetz Teitarō Suzuki, Zen and Japanese culture, page 143:

     This gluing is "stoppage," and every stoppage means giving an advantage to the enemy, which is a suki.

   • 1997, Hiroshi Ozawa, Kendo: The Definitive Guide, →ISBN, page 20:

     When you receive a strike, it is because there is a suki. Your opponent draws your attention to your weak spots, and you endeavor to ensure that you do not receive a strike in the same place again.

   • 2006, Kevin L. Seiler & ‎Donald J. Seller, Karate-do, →ISBN, page 61:

     Often, though, a suki to the chest will cause the sword to become lodged between bone and cartilage making it very difficult to quickly remove.

Borrowed from Hokkien 主客 (chú-kheh, “important customer”).

suki

1. a favored customer, a regular who receives preferential treatment
2. a favorite seller or vendor

Compare sukol.

suki

1. to go against; to oppose; to resist
2. to disobey

suki

1. Third-person singular indicative past form of sukia.

• isku, kisu, kusi, uksi

suki

1. plural of suko

suki

1. Rōmaji transcription of すき

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.kʲi/

suki

1. inflection of suka:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

From Hokkien 主客 (chú-kheh), "host a guest".

sukì

1. old or regular customer or client