遊ぶ

あそぶ · asobu · JLPT N5 · verb-godan

to play

🪁 asobu: ah, so boo! — the shout of kids goofing around at play

Sound hook: a-so-bu splits into ah + so + boo, the noises of people fooling around. The kanji 遊 also appears in 遊園地 (amusement park), so it carries the sense of roaming about for fun, which covers both playing and hanging out.

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