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弄ぶ

もてあそぶ

Readings

もてあそぶ

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v5b, vtto play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with
  2. 2.
    v5b, vtto toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with
  3. 3.
    v5b, vtto do with something as one pleases
  4. 4.
    v5b, vtto appreciate

Kanji breakdown

弄
7 strokesGrade 8

Example sentences

あなたは彼の気持ちを弄んではいけない。

You should not trifle with his feelings.

私は数奇な運命にもてあそばれてきた。

I have lived a life of a puppet of fortune.

猫は生きたネズミをもて遊んでいた。

The cat was playing with a live mouse.

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弄ぶもてあそぶ

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

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