JLPT N5 · Verb

遊ぶ (asobu)

遊ぶ (あそぶ, asobu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: あそぶ
Romaji: asobu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to have a good time · godan verb, intransitive
to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.) · godan verb, intransitive
to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused · godan verb, intransitive
to meet up (with friends); to hang out · godan verb, intransitive
to give oneself up (to gambling, drinking, etc.) · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

２人の子供が通りで遊んでいた。

There were two children playing on the street.

Tatoeba #235456

その機械は今遊んでいる。

The machine is lying idle.

Tatoeba #211540

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 遊ぶ

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	遊ぶ	あそぶ asobu
Polite (~masu)	遊びます	あそびます asobimasu
Negative	遊ばない	あそばない asobanai
Polite negative	遊びません	あそびません asobimasen
Past	遊んだ	あそんだ asonda
Polite past	遊びました	あそびました asobimashita
Negative past	遊ばなかった	あそばなかった asobanakatta
Te-form	遊んで	あそんで asonde
Potential	遊べる	あそべる asoberu
Passive	遊ばれる	あそばれる asobareru
Causative	遊ばせる	あそばせる asobaseru
Volitional	遊ぼう	あそぼう asobou
Imperative	遊べ	あそべ asobe
Conditional (~ba)	遊べば	あそべば asobeba

Kanji in 遊ぶ

遊

playユウ・ユ・あそ.ぶ・あそ.ばす · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 遊ぶ.

遊びあそびplay遊園地ゆうえんちamusement park遊牧ゆうぼくnomadism

Source: JMdict entry 1542160 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.