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Word · 単語
to play (games, sports)
  1. 1 to play (games, sports), to enjoy oneself, to have a good time
  2. 2 to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.)
  3. 3 to be idle, to do nothing, to be unused
  4. 4 to meet up (with friends), to hang out
  5. 5 to give oneself up (to gambling, drinking, etc.)
  6. 6 to go to (for pleasure or for study) — as 〜に遊ぶ
  7. 7 to tease (someone), to play (with)
  8. 8 to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration
N5
JLPT
strokes
#995
frequency
Not started
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • What shall we play?

    i+1 — every other word is already in your reviews sense 1 · to play (games, sports)

  • The machines are idle now.

    sense 2 · to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.)

  • Would you play with me?

    sense 1 · to play (games, sports)

  • Let's play something.

    sense 1 · to play (games, sports)

  • Children play with blocks.

    sense 1 · to play (games, sports)

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