弄ぶ

玩ぶ、 翫ぶ、 もて遊ぶ

Reading

Kana: もてあそぶ
Romaji: moteasobu
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Definitions

v5b
vt
1

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with

2

to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with

3

to do with something as one pleases

4

to appreciate

Kanji

Readings: ロウ、 ル、 いじく.る、 ろう.する、 いじ.る、 ひねく.る、 たわむ.れる、 もてあそ.ぶ
Meanings: play with, tamper, trifle with
Readings: ガン、 もちあそ.ぶ、 もてあそ.ぶ
Meanings: play, take pleasure in, trifle with, make sport of
Readings: ガン、 もてあそ.ぶ
Meanings: take pleasure in, play instrument
Readings: ユウ、 ユ、 あそ.ぶ、 あそ.ばす
Meaning: play

Example Sentences

彼女(かのじょ)愛情(あいじょう)をもて(あそ)ぶな。
➥Don't toy with her affections.
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ジョンはディックを、もてあそんだ。
➥John played cat and mouse with Dick.
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(わたし)数奇(すうき)運命(うんめい)にもてあそばれてきた。
➥I have lived a life of a puppet of fortune.
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(ふね)(なみ)にもてあそばれていた。
➥The ship was at the mercy of the waves.
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(ねこ)()きたネズミをもて(あそ)んでいた。
➥The cat was playing with a live mouse.
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あなたは(かれ)気持(きも)ちを(もてあそ)んではいけない。
➥You should not trifle with his feelings.
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