遊ぶ

Japanese

Etymology

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

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *asonpu.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "遊ぶ"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
遊ぶ あそぶ [àsóbú]
Imperative (命令形) 遊べ あそべ [àsóbé]
Key constructions
Passive 遊ばれる あそばれる [àsóbárérú]
Causative 遊ばせる あそばせる [àsóbásérú]
Potential 遊べる あそべる [àsóbérú]
Volitional 遊ぼう あそぼ​ー [àsóbóꜜò]
Negative 遊ばない あそばない [àsóbánáí]
Negative perfective 遊ばなかった あそばな​かった [àsóbánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 遊びます あそびま​す [àsóbímáꜜsù]
Perfective 遊んだ あそんだ [àsóńdá]
Conjunctive 遊んで あそんで [àsóńdé]
Hypothetical conditional 遊べば あそべ​ば [àsóbéꜜbà]

Verb

遊(あそ)ぶ • (asobu) intransitive godan (stem 遊(あそ)び (asobi), past 遊(あそ)んだ (asonda))

  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

Derived terms

References

  1. “遊”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  4. Nakai, Yukihiko, editor (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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