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November 21, 2019
asobu - To Play

Beginner Word of the Day – 遊ぶ [to play]

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Word of the Day: November 21, 2019

遊ぶ

verb | あそぶ

MEANING: to play [asobu]

EXAMPLE SENTENCE:

よく学び、よく遊べ。

よくまなび、よくあそべ。
Study hard and play hard. (yoku manabi, yoku asobe.)

NOTES:
[well or hard; study or learn; play; well or hard]

VOCABULARY:
よくhard(as in try hard), well
学び【まなび】 to learn, to study（it has broader meaning more than school study )
遊べ【あそべ】to play (order form of あそぶ, not a very polite form since this is a proverb）

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