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  2. 遊ぶ

あそぶ

遊ぶ

to play

asobu

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Meanings

  1. 1
    to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to have a good timeu-verb (ぶ)intransitive
  2. 2
    to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.)u-verb (ぶ)intransitive
  3. 3
    to be idle; to do nothing; to be unusedu-verb (ぶ)intransitive

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Conjugation

FormConjugatedReading
Polite Present (~masu)
遊びますあそびます
あそびます
Polite Past (~mashita)
遊びましたあそびました
あそびました
Polite Negative (~masen)
遊びませんあそびません
あそびません
Plain Negative (~nai)
遊ばないあそばない
あそばない
Te-form (Connecting)
遊んであそんで
あそんで
Plain Past (~ta)
遊んだあそんだ
あそんだ
Potential (Can do)
遊べるあそべる
あそべる

In a sentence

2人(ふたり)の子供(こども)が通り(とおり)で遊ん(あそん)でいた。

There were two children playing on the street.

Written with

  • 遊play12 strokes

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