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    3. 遊ばす

    遊ばす

    遊あそば​す​

    to let (someone) play

    KMT9News #25+1Core ConceptsKanji Vocab19 strokes

    あそばす

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to let (someone) play, to keep (someone) amused, to entertain
    2.
    to leave idle, to not make use of, to let go to waste
    3.
    to do
    honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language

    Auxiliary, Verb

    4.
    to do
    honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language

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    子こ供どもを庭にわで遊あそばせています。

    I am letting the children play in the garden.

    KMT6Daily LifeFamily & Relationships
    この機き械かいを遊あそばせておくのはもったいない。

    It's a waste to leave this machine idle.

    KMT9Work & CareerTechnology
    先せん生せいは何なにを遊あそばされますか。

    What are you doing, teacher? (Honorific)

    KMT9Core ConceptsEducation
    殿との様さまは庭てい園えんで歌うたを詠よんで遊あそばされました。

    The lord composed poems in the garden. (Honorific)

    KMT9Core ConceptsHistoryCulture & Traditions
    高こう価かな設せつ備びを遊あそばせておくのは、経けい営えい上じょう大おおきな損そん失しつです。

    Leaving expensive equipment idle is a significant loss from a management perspective.

    KMT9Work & CareerBusiness & Finance

    Characters that make up this word

    遊
    あそ.ぶ・あそ.ばす…(4)
    play
    Kanji
    ば
    ba
    Kana
    す
    su
    Kana
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