弄ぶ

もてあそぶ

Also written もて遊ぶ, 玩ぶ, 翫ぶ

Meanings

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

Kanji

• 弄 fiddle. Read as もてあそぶ.

Example sentences

• 若いとき彼はしばらくの間共産主義をもてあそんだ。
  As a young man he flirted briefly with communism.
• 猫は生きたネズミをもて遊んでいた。
  The cat was playing with a live mouse.
• 彼女の愛情をもて遊ぶな。
  Don't toy with her affections.

Words containing 弄ぶ

• 弄び物 (もてあそびもの) plaything

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