あそび
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. play; playing; game
It was just a little tumble while playing a kids' game.
Noun
2. pleasure; amusement; pastime; recreation; diversion
Well then, shall we get a little exercise and have some fun at the same time?
3. play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
4. flexibility (in a performance, art, etc.); freedom
It's fine for a design to have a little playfulness.
5. flyleaf
Pitch accent
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そび
Used in vocabulary (77 in total)
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
playing by oneself; playing alone; entertaining oneself; game played by oneself (e.g. solitaire)
game of make-believe; child's play; pretend play
to play around; to gallivant about
playing in the snow
playmate; playfellow
playboy; libertine; (professional) gambler; person without a steady job; idler
playing in the water (sea, lake, river, etc.); playing with water
word game; wordplay; playing with words
playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
playing with balls (e.g. football, playing catch, etc.)
playground; play space
nightlife; night amusements
word game; wordplay; playing with words
to walk about; to go out (here and there); to gad about
to spend all of one's time in idle amusement
plaything; toy
to tire of playing; to become tired after playing
plaything; playing (with a toy); gambling; activity using hand-gestures (esp. playing games or singing songs)
to idle away one's time
playing outside
outing; picnic; excursion
game; pastime; recreation; diversion
making things out of dirt (for fun)
gathering shellfish, crabs, etc. on the seashore
action rhymes; song sung (by children) as part of a game
playmate; playfellow
playboy; libertine; (professional) gambler; person without a steady job; idler
nightlife; night amusements
playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness
chasing after women; womanizing
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
enjoying oneself on a river (e.g. boating, swimming, fishing)
enjoying oneself on a river (e.g. boating, swimming, fishing)
playing in the sand
playing in the sand
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
playmate; companion; friend to play with
playing in the mud; playing with mud
playing outside
ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year
to frolic; to play about; to lark; to gambol
playing in the sea
playtime; recess
song and dance performed as an offering to the gods
being entertained by a geisha
making things out of dirt (for fun)
gathering shellfish, crabs, etc. on the seashore
playing karuta
playing in the mud; playing with mud
child's play
(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
numbers game; deceiving by misuse of numbers and statistics
prank; evil pleasures; gambling
child's play; children's games
playing with dolls displayed on the Girl's Festival
tag (children's game); tig
(children's) play clothes; playsuit; leisurewear; leisure clothes; sports coat; sportswear
tag (children's game); tig
seesaw (game)
paint sniffing; thinner sniffing; glue sniffing; glue huffing
filled pause (e.g. um, er); filler word
(private) geisha entertainment; being entertained by one or more geisha (in a tea house or traditional Japanese restaurant)
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)
being entertained by a maiko (geisha apprentice)
prostitute
prostitute
Azuma-asobi (ancient Japanese dance suite that originated in eastern Japan)
Examples (27 in total)
It's not a game.
Both work and play are important.
I can't be bothered to play along with kids' games.