Kanji遊
Readingあそ
Frequency51%
Used in (79 in total)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
playground; play space
playmate; playfellow
playboy; libertine; (professional) gambler; person without a steady job; idler
nightlife; night amusements
playing in the water (sea, lake, river, etc.); playing with water
word game; wordplay; playing with words
playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness
game of make-believe; child's play; pretend play
chasing after women; womanizing
to walk about; to go out (here and there); to gad about
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
to play around; to gallivant about
to tire of playing; to become tired after playing
playing with balls (e.g. football, playing catch, etc.)
enjoying oneself on a river (e.g. boating, swimming, fishing)
to spend all of one's time in idle amusement
playing in the sand
playing by oneself; playing alone; entertaining oneself; game played by oneself (e.g. solitaire)
playing in the snow
plaything; playing (with a toy); gambling; activity using hand-gestures (esp. playing games or singing songs)
playful; sportive; pleasure-seeking; pleasure seeker; playful person
chasing after men
boating; sailing
playmate; companion; friend to play with
to idle away one's time
playing in the mud; playing with mud
ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year
playing outside
playful age; heyday of youth
outing; picnic; excursion
desire for money for one's enjoyment (esp. as a motive for a crime)
being entertained by a geisha
to frolic; to play about; to lark; to gambol
game; pastime; recreation; diversion
playing in the sea
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
gathering shellfish, crabs, etc. on the seashore
song and dance performed as an offering to the gods
playing karuta
making things out of dirt (for fun)
playing in the mud; playing with mud
(private) geisha entertainment; being entertained by one or more geisha (in a tea house or traditional Japanese restaurant)
spending extravagantly (esp. in the red light districts); extravagant spending spree; spending money in royal style
to play outside (out of doors)
numbers game; deceiving by misuse of numbers and statistics
polite language used by women
action rhymes; song sung (by children) as part of a game
prank; evil pleasures; gambling
to play in a group
child's play; children's games
playing with dolls displayed on the Girl's Festival
(children's) play clothes; playsuit; leisurewear; leisure clothes; sports coat; sportswear
idle funds; idle money
tag (children's game); tig
(private) geisha entertainment; being entertained by one or more geisha (in a tea house or traditional Japanese restaurant)
filled pause (e.g. um, er); filler word
paint sniffing; thinner sniffing; glue sniffing; glue huffing
play; playing; game; lack of seriousness; half-hearted effort; just playing around
ne-no-hi-no-asobi; collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
study hard and play hard
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to entertain; to leave idle; to not make use of; to let go to waste
straggling hair; loose hairs
being entertained by a maiko (geisha apprentice)
Azuma-asobi (ancient Japanese dance suite that originated in eastern Japan)