遊ぶ

Japanese
Kanji in this term
遊
あそ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

遊ぶ (intransitive, hiragana あそぶ, rōmaji asobu)

  1. play, amuse oneself, enjoy oneself
  2. spend one's time idle, do nothing
  3. for an item not to be in use, be spare or idle

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.

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

Derived terms

References
  1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  2. 2002, 京阪系アクセント辞典 (A Dictionary of Tone on Words of the Keihan-type Dialects) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Bensei, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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