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遊ぶ
遊ぶ
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 遊 |
|
あそ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi |
Verb
遊ぶ (intransitive, hiragana あそぶ, romaji asobu)
- play, amuse oneself, enjoy oneself
- spend one's time idle, do nothing
- for an item not to be in use, be spare or idle
Conjugation
Conjugation of "遊ぶ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 遊ば | あそば | asoba |
| Continuative (連用形) | 遊び | あそび | asobi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 遊ぶ | あそぶ | asobu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 遊ぶ | あそぶ | asobu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 遊べ | あそべ | asobe |
| Imperative (命令形) | 遊べ | あそべ | asobe |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 遊ばれる | あそばれる | asobareru |
| Causative | 遊ばせる 遊ばす |
あそばせる あそばす |
asobaseru asobasu |
| Potential | 遊べる | あそべる | asoberu |
| Volitional | 遊ぼう | あそぼう | asobō |
| Negative | 遊ばない | あそばない | asobanai |
| Negative continuative | 遊ばず | あそばず | asobazu |
| Formal | 遊びます | あそびます | asobimasu |
| Perfective | 遊んだ | あそんだ | asonda |
| Conjunctive | 遊んで | あそんで | asonde |
| Hypothetical conditional | 遊べば | あそべば | asobeba |
Usage notes
Unlike "play" in English, this term is applied to both children and adults. (This leads to usage errors such as "I enjoy playing with my girlfriend on weekends.") It is used broadly for any enjoyable activity such as socializing.
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.
- ↑ 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō