もてあそぶ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
弄ぶ
もて遊ぶ
玩ぶ
翫ぶ

Pronunciation
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "弄ぶ"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)		 弄ぶ もてあそぶ
もてあそ​ぶ		 [mòtéásóbú]
[mòtéásóꜜbù]
Imperative (命令形) 弄べ もてあそべ
もてあそ​べ		 [mòtéásóbé]
[mòtéásóꜜbè]
Key constructions
Passive 弄ばれる もてあそばれる
もてあそばれ​る		 [mòtéásóbárérú]
[mòtéásóbáréꜜrù]
Causative 弄ばせる もてあそばせる
もてあそばせ​る		 [mòtéásóbásérú]
[mòtéásóbáséꜜrù]
Potential 弄べる もてあそべる
もてあそべ​る		 [mòtéásóbérú]
[mòtéásóbéꜜrù]
Volitional 弄ぼう もてあそぼ​ー [mòtéásóbóꜜò]
Negative 弄ばない もてあそばない
もてあそば​ない		 [mòtéásóbánáí]
[mòtéásóbáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 弄ばなかった もてあそばな​かった
もてあそば​なかった		 [mòtéásóbánáꜜkàttà]
[mòtéásóbáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 弄びます もてあそびま​す [mòtéásóbímáꜜsù]
Perfective 弄んだ もてあそんだ
もてあそ​んだ		 [mòtéásóńdá]
[mòtéásóꜜǹdà]
Conjunctive 弄んで もてあそんで
もてあそ​んで		 [mòtéásóńdé]
[mòtéásóꜜǹdè]
Hypothetical conditional 弄べば もてあそべ​ば
もてあそ​べば		 [mòtéásóbéꜜbà]
[mòtéásóꜜbèbà]

Verb

もてあそぶ • (moteasobu) transitive godan (stem もてあそび (moteasobi), past もてあそんだ (moteasonda))

  1. to play with (a toy, a trifle, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with
    • 1947, Toyoshima Yoshio (豊島与志雄), Tochi ni Kaeru: Kindai Setsuwa (「土地に還る ――近代説話――」), Miraisha (未来社) (1965, Toyoshima Yoshio Chosakushū vol.4 (『豊島与志雄著作集』第四巻))
      彼(かの)女(じょ)は彼(かれ)の耳(じ)朶(だ)を指(ゆび)先(さき)でもてあそぶのが好(す)きでした。
      Kanojo wa kare no jida o yubisaki de moteasobu no ga suki deshita.
      She liked to finger his lobes.
  2. to toy with, to make sport of, to make a fool of, to trifle with
    • 1931, Kunieda Shirō (国枝史郎), Ahen wo Nomu Bishōnen (「鴉片を喫む美少年」), Michitani (未知谷) (1993, Kunieda Shiro Kiden Zenshū vol.6 (『国枝史郎伝奇全集』巻六))
      男(おとこ)が女(おんな)を弄(もてあそ)ぶことに、すっかり慣(な)れているように、彼(かの)女(じょ)等(ら)は男(おとこ)を弄(もてあそ)ぶことに、これまたすっかり慣(な)れているのだ。
      Otoko ga onna o moteasobu koto ni, sukkari narete iru yō ni, kanojora wa otoko o moteasobu koto ni, koremata sukkari narete iru noda.
      As men are well accustomed to making sport of women, the girls are quite used to toying with men.
  3. to do with as one pleases
  4. to appreciate
    • 1927, Masaoka Shiki (正岡子規), Bokujū Itteki (『墨汁一滴』), Iwanami Shoten (岩波書店)
      故(ゆえ)に茶(ちゃ)人(じん)の茶(ちゃ)を玩(もてあそ)ぶは歌(か)人(じん)の歌(うた)をつくり俳(はい)人(じん)の俳(はい)句(く)をつくるが如(ごと)く常(つね)に新(しん)鮮(せん)なる意(い)匠(しょう)を案(あん)出(しゅつ)し臨(りん)機(き)応(おう)変(へん)の材(ざい)を要(よう)す。
      Yueni chajin no cha o moteasobu wa kajin no uta o tsukuri haijin no haiku o tsukuru ga gotoku tsuneni shinsen-naru ishō o anshutsushi rinkiōhen no zai o yōsu.
      Masters of tea ceremonies have to always devise new ideas and prepare materials as the occasion demands in serving tea, as waka poets in creating waka and haiku poets in creating haiku.

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "もてあそぶ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") もてあそば moteasoba
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") もてあそび moteasobi
Shūshikei ("terminal") もてあそぶ moteasobu
Rentaikei ("attributive") もてあそぶ moteasobu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") もてあそべ moteasobe
Meireikei ("imperative") もてあそべ moteasobe
Key constructions
Passive もてあそばれる moteasobareru
Causative もてあそばせる
もてあそばす		 moteasobaseru
moteasobasu
Potential もてあそべる moteasoberu
Volitional もてあそぼう moteasobō
Negative もてあそばない moteasobanai
Negative continuative もてあそばず moteasobazu
Formal もてあそびます moteasobimasu
Perfective もてあそんだ moteasonda
Conjunctive もてあそんで moteasonde
Hypothetical conditional もてあそべば moteasobeba

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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