遊び

あそび · asobi · JLPT N4 · noun

play

🪁🎲 asobi: A SO-BIg kid just wants to play

遊び is the noun form of 遊ぶ (asobu, to play). The kanji 遊 means to roam or wander freely, so play is literally free wandering with no task. It also means slack in a mechanism, like play in a steering wheel.

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