遊ぶ

あそぶ· also あすぶ

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to have a good time; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.)

JLPT N5 Common word Genki L6, Intermediate Japanese L1

Meanings

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

All 8 meanings

to go to (for pleasure or for study)
to tease (someone); to play (with)
to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration

Forms

	Plain	Polite
Present	遊ぶあそぶ	遊びますあそびます
Negative	遊ばないあそばない	遊びませんあそびません
Past	遊んだあそんだ	遊びましたあそびました
Past negative	遊ばなかったあそばなかった	遊びませんでしたあそびませんでした

Te-form	遊んであそんで
Potential	遊べるあそべる
Passive	遊ばれるあそばれる
Causative	遊ばせるあそばせる
Volitional	遊ぼうあそぼう
Imperative	遊べあそべ
Conditional (ば)	遊べばあそべば
Conditional (たら)	遊んだらあそんだら

Example sentences

遊あそびましょう。

Let's play.
ここで遊あそぶな。

Don't play here.
一緒いっしょに遊あそぼう。

I'll play with you.
一緒いっしょに遊あそばない？

Would you play with me?
夜通よどおし遊あそぼうぜ。

Let's make a night of it.

More examples (10)

トムと遊あそびたい？

Do you want to play with Tom?
外そとに出でて遊あそぼう。

Let's go out and play.
何なにをして遊あそぼうか。

What shall we play?
何なにかして遊あそぼうよ。

Let's play something.
外そとで遊あそんできたら？

Why don't you go play outside?
トムは遊あそびません。

Tom doesn't play.
僕ぼくと遊あそぶの嫌いやなの？

Do you hate playing with me?
僕ぼくのカードで遊あそぶ？

Do you want to play with my credit card?
食たべ物もので遊あそばない。

Don't play with the food.
私わたしは庭にわで遊あそびます。

I'm playing in the garden.