遊ぶ
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 遊 |
| あそ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi |
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
- play, amuse oneself, enjoy oneself
- spend one's time idle, do nothing
- 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.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 遊ば | あそば | asoba |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 遊び | あそび | asobi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 遊ぶ | あそぶ | asobu |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 遊ぶ | あそぶ | asobu |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 遊べ | あそべ | asobe |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 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
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
- ^ 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.