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遊ぶ [ichi1,news2,nf25]
あそぶ [ichi1,news2,nf25] あすぶ [ok]
1. [v5b,vi]
▶ to play (games, sports)
▶ to enjoy oneself
▶ to have a good time
2. [v5b,vi]
▶ to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.)
3. [v5b,vi]
▶ to be idle
▶ to do nothing
▶ to be unused
4. [v5b,vi]
▶ to meet up (with friends)
▶ to hang out
5. [v5b,vi]
▶ to give oneself up (to gambling, drinking, etc.)
6. [v5b,vi]
《as 〜に遊ぶ》
▶ to go to (for pleasure or for study)
7. [v5b,vi]
▶ to tease (someone)
▶ to play (with)
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1980760 【もてあそぶ】 2. to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with
8. [v5b,vi] {baseball}
▶ to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration

Conjugations


History:
4. A 2021-11-19 10:46:11  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Converting somebody to someone
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -60 +60 @@
-<gloss>to tease (somebody)</gloss>
+<gloss>to tease (someone)</gloss>
3. A 2020-06-10 06:43:26  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -59 +59 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1980760">もてあそぶ</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1980760">もてあそぶ・2</xref>
2. A* 2020-06-10 04:58:26  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij

daij doesn't have the "meet up/hang out" sense but in Japan I feel a casual "あそぶ?" doesn't mean "you want to do something fun?" as much as it 
means "you want to hang out?"
https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/3587/
  Diff:
@@ -23 +23 @@
-<gloss>to play</gloss>
+<gloss>to play (games, sports)</gloss>
@@ -41,0 +42,11 @@
+<gloss>to meet up (with friends)</gloss>
+<gloss>to hang out</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v5b;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<gloss>to give oneself up (to gambling, drinking, etc.)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v5b;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
@@ -43,0 +55,7 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v5b;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1980760">もてあそぶ</xref>
+<gloss>to tease (somebody)</gloss>
+<gloss>to play (with)</gloss>
1. A 2013-01-30 22:51:08  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -48,1 +48,2 @@
-<gloss>(in baseball) to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration</gloss>
+<field>&baseb;</field>
+<gloss>to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration</gloss>

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