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    3. 戯れる

    戯れる

    戯たわむれ​る​

    to be playful

    KMT8CoreVerb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab18 strokes

    たわむれるざれる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to be playful, to gambol, to be amused (with something), to play, to sport, to frolic, to joke
    2.
    to flirt with
    3.
    to have elegance, to have refinement
    archaic

    Stroke 0 / 18

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    子こ犬いぬが庭にわで戯たわむれている。

    The puppy is frolicking in the garden.

    KMT6AnimalsDaily Life
    子こ供どもたちは水みず辺べで楽たのしそうに戯たわむれていた。

    The children were playfully frolicking by the water.

    KMT8Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    風かぜに戯たわむれる木この葉はが、秋あきの訪おとずれを告つげていた。

    The leaves playing in the wind announced the arrival of autumn.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentEmotions & Psychology
    詩し人じんは言こと葉ばと戯たわむれるようにして、美うつくしい詩しを紡つむぎ出だした。

    The poet, as if playing with words, spun out beautiful poems.

    KMT8LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれは女じょ性せいと戯たわむれるのが好すきだという噂うわさがある。

    There's a rumor that he likes to flirt with women.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    戯
    たわむ.れる・ざ.れる・じゃ.れる…(2)
    frolic・play・sport
    Kanji
    れ
    re
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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