Lingaku弄ぶ【もてあそぶ】
Frequency rank: 7,300. – 7,314.
- to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with
- to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with
- to do with something as one pleases
- to appreciate
Godan verb with 'bu' ending; transitive verb
Forms
- 弄ぶ【もてあそぶ】Frequency rank: 7,300. – 7,314.
- 玩ぶ【もてあそぶ】Frequency rank: 54,044. – 55,693.
- 翫ぶ【もてあそぶ】
- もて遊ぶ【もてあそぶ】
- もてあそぶFrequency rank: 27,801. – 27,994.
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
8 results
He's not serious about her at all - he's just playing with her.
As a young man he flirted briefly with communism.