遊び

Meanings

1. play; playing; game
2. pleasure; amusement; pastime; recreation; diversion
3. play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
4. flexibility (in a performance, art, etc.); freedom
5. flyleaf

Part of speech: noun

Kanji

• 遊

  Meanings

  play

  On reading

  ユウ、ユ

  Kun reading

  あそ.ぶ、あそ.ばす

  Strokes

  12

Example sentences

• 今度の旅行は仕事じゃなくて遊びです。

  Our next trip is for pleasure, not for work.

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