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11 strokesFrequency 941JLPT N2Grade 3

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ユウ

Kun

あそ.ぶあそ.ばす

Nanori

あす

Dictionary

Common Words

遊ぶそぶすぶIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #731
1

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to have a good time

Examples
2人の子供が通りで遊んでいた
There were two children playing on the street.
2

to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.)

3

to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused

Examples
その機械は今遊んでいる
The machine is lying idle.
4

to meet up (with friends); to hang out

5

to give oneself up (to gambling, drinking, etc.)

6

As 〜に遊ぶ

to go to (for pleasure or for study)

7

to tease (someone); to play (with)

8

Baseball

to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration

遊びそびNounFreq #2478
1

play; playing; game

2

pleasure; amusement; pastime; recreation; diversion

Examples
今度の旅行は仕事じゃなくて遊びです。
Our next trip is for pleasure, not for work.
3

play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel)

4

flexibility (in a performance, art, etc.); freedom

5

Abbreviation

flyleaf

遊びに来る遊びにくるあそびにくるExpressionFreq #4967
1

Kuru verb - special class

to come and stay; to drop in; to visit

Examples
来週の日曜日に遊びに来てください。
Come and see me on Sunday next week.
遊びに行く遊びにいくあそびにいくExpressionFreq #5138
1

Godan verb - Iku/Yuku special class

to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)

Examples
この本を読んでしまったら遊びに行っていい?
May I go out to play when I have read this book?
弄ぶ玩ぶてあそもて遊ぶ翫ぶTransitiveGodan verbFreq #6611
1

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with

Examples
猫は生きたネズミをもて遊んでいた
The cat was playing with a live mouse.
2

to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with

Examples
あなたは彼の気持ちを弄んではいけない。
You should not trifle with his feelings.
3

to do with something as one pleases

Examples
私は数奇な運命にもてあそばれてきた。
I have lived a life of a puppet of fortune.
4

to appreciate

浮遊浮游ゆうNoun~する VerbFreq #8602
1

floating; drifting; suspension

2

Archaic

wandering (about)

遊園地うえんちNounFreq #8879
1

amusement park

Examples
その遊園地を建設するのに10年かかった。
It took ten years to build the amusement park.
遊戯うぎNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #11832
1

play; playing; game

2

Usu. お〜

play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)

口ずさむちずさ口遊む口吟むTransitiveGodan verbFreq #16130
1

to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon

Examples
母は台所でせっせと料理しながら歌を口ずさんでいた
Mother hummed to herself as she went about her cooking in the kitchen.
遊び場そびばNounFreq #21885
1

playground; play space

Examples
子どもと遊び場の関係は葉と森林の関係と同じである。
Children are to the playground what leaves are to the forest.

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