Ambiguity in a sentence


誰よりもあなたが好き

This can either mean "I like you more than I like anyone else", or "I like you
more than anyone else who likes you"

How would one differentiate this? No matter how I think about it, I can't see
how this sentence can be tweaked to disambiguate the meaning




Interesting question! We have no clue to differentiate these meanings only
with this context! Probably Japanese tend not to make meanings clear. So you
can simply interpret this as "I like you very very much."

However, my personal opinion, I would choose the latter interpretation "I like
you more than anyone else who likes you", if I were to be asked this question
from my girlfriend. That's because it tells I am the best lover of her. The
former one "I like you more than I like anyone else" sounds selfish a little
because it could give impressions like 'I am making a decision of mate' or 'I
have another person who I like as much as you'. "You're the best lovee by me"
sounds disgusting, right?

