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遊ぶ

あそぶ

to play

Mnemonic

A road with no destination attached to it. Nobody has told them what the game is and nobody needs to. Two hours in the park and not a sob あそぶ out of any of them: あそぶ.

Worth knowing

Covers playing and going out to enjoy yourself. 遊びに行く is going round to somebody's, not necessarily to play.

Built from

play
辶 the road radical again, this time with nowhere in particular to be.

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