ひあそび

Japanese

Alternative spellings
火遊び
火あそび

Etymology

From 火(ひ) (hi, “fire”) + 遊(あそ)び (asobi, “playing, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 遊(あそ)ぶ (asobu, “to play”).”).

Compare English play with fire (“put oneself in a precarious situation”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ひあ​そび [hìáꜜsòbì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çia̠so̞bʲi]

Noun

ひあそび • (hiasobi) 

  1. playing with fire
  2. (by extension) playing with fire (putting oneself in a precarious situation)
  3. (by extension) being unfaithful in a romance

Verb

ひあそびする • (hiasobi suru) suru (stem ひあそびし (hiasobi suru shi), past ひあそびした (hiasobi suru shita))

  1. to play with fire
  2. (by extension) to play with fire (putting oneself in a precarious situation)
  3. (by extension) to be unfaithful in a romance

Conjugation

Alternative forms

  • ひあそびをする (hiasobi o suru)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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