遊び

あそび
playing

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あそび【遊び】

①［遊ぶこと］

〔遊戯， プレイ， ゲーム， ごっこ〕

**play

〖U〗 遊び， 遊戯(⇔work)《◆気晴らし・娯楽のための遊び一般をさす. sport は運動の形式をとり主として戸外で行なうものであり， game は一定のルールによって行なわれる競技をいう》

Work and play are both necessary to health；this gives us rest， and that gives us energy. 仕事と遊びはいずれも健康に必要である. 後者は休養を， 前者は活力を与えてくれる.

**game

〖C〗 (ルールのある)遊び， 娯楽， 遊戯， ゲーム《◆友だち同士などで体や頭を使ってやる遊びで tag(鬼ごっこ)， hide-and-seek(かくれんぼ)， cops-and-robbers(どろぼうごっこ)など》

It's not serious；it's just a game. 真剣でなく， ほんのお遊びなのだ.

romp

［a ～］ 騒々しい［元気な］遊び.

〖関連〗

◇ → 銀行遊び

◇ → トランプ遊び

◇ → あやとり遊び

◇ → 拳玉遊び

◇ → 投げ矢遊び

◇ → さいころ遊び

◇ → 水切り遊び

◇ → 石けり遊び

◇ → 繩跳び遊び(の繩)

◇ → ビー玉遊び

◇ → いす取り遊び

◇ → 言葉遊び

◇ → 舟遊び

◇ → おはじき遊び

¶ → 遊び道具

②［娯楽］

〔気晴らし， 楽しみ， レクリエーション， 趣味〕

*amusement

〖U〗楽しみ

frolic

［単数形で］ 陽気な遊び［騒ぎ］

*pleasure

〖U〗楽しさ

mix business with pleasure 仕事と遊びを混同する

go to Tokyo for pleasure 遊びで上京する

He is tired of pleasure. 彼は遊び飽きている.

¶ → 遊びで

¶ → 遊び半分にする

¶ → 遊びに行く

③［会うこと］

〔訪問〕

¶ → 遊びに来る

④［ゆとり］

〔余裕〕

**play

〖U〗 動きの自由， ゆるみ， (機械部品などの)遊び.

¶ → 遊びがある

¶ → 遊び歯車

¶ → 遊び滑車

¶ → 遊び車

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あそび【遊び】

1 〔遊戯･娯楽･慰み〕 play; a game; an amusement; a diversion; a pastime.

●男の子[女の子]の遊び a boy's [girl's] game

・言葉の遊び word play; playing with words

・それは言葉の遊びにすぎない. That is just playing with words. | That is nothing more than word play.

・正月の遊び traditional New Year's games.

●僕は勉強より遊びが好きだ. I like to play more than study. | I like playing more than studying.

・子供は遊びが仕事だ. A child's occupation is to play. | Playing is a child's occupation. | What a child is supposed to do is play.

・今回の舞台はちょっと遊びが過ぎると専門家には不評だった. Because the latest stage performance had a bit too much frivolity, it was panned by the experts.

・だんだん昔の遊びがすたれていく. Traditional games are gradually going out of fashion. | The games of the past are gradually being forgotten. | Children have gradually stopped playing traditional games.

・今度の映画は随所に監督の遊びが入っていて, とても楽しい映画です. In this movie, the director's playfulness is present everywhere; it's a very enjoyable movie.

・遊んでいるうちに遊びが発展して, 雪だるま作りが雪合戦になってしまった. As they were playing, things escalated from making a snowman into a snowball fight.

●遊びでやってるんじゃないぞ. もっと真面目にやれ. Don't play at it, work more seriously. | Don't dawdle, be more serious!

・遊びでつきあってる女(_こ)はいっぱいいるけど, なかなか結婚相手になりそうな女(_こ)は見つからない. I'm dating a lot of women [There are a lot of women I'm dating], but I'm having trouble finding a likely marriage partner.

・これは私たち研究グループが遊びで作ってみたもので, まだ実用化されるかどうかわかりません. Our research group made this for fun, we don't know if it will be put to practical use or not.

●遊びに飽きた子供たちがおやつを食べに戻ってきた. Tired of playing, the children came back for a snack.

・カズちゃんはマリちゃんちへ遊びに行った. Kazu went to play at Mari's house.

・明日お宅へ遊びに行ってもいいですか. May I visit you tomorrow?

・私たちは今度の日曜に鎌倉へ遊びに行きます. We are going to visit Kamakura next Sunday. | We are going to Kamakura next Sunday.

・そこは大人が遊びに行くところだ. That's a place where adults go to have fun.

・また遊びにいらっしゃい. Please come and visit us again. | Please come and see us again.

・先生は僕にうちへ遊びに来なさいと言った. The teacher invited me to (visit him at) his house.

・おかたづけも遊びにしてしまうと子供も喜んでやってくれる. If you make a game of picking up, children will be delighted to do it. | Make picking up a game and children will be delighted to do it.

・息子は遊びに出たまままだ帰らない. 〔幼少の子供について〕 My son went out to play and still hasn't returned yet. | 〔もう少し年長の子供について〕 My son went out and hasn't come back yet.

・私も彼らの遊びに仲間入りしたい. I want to play with them. | I want them to let me play with them.

・用事にかこつけて遊びに参りました. I made up a business reason to come (and) see you.

・僕は遊びに夢中になっていて鍵を落としたのに気づかなかった. I was so busy playing that I didn't notice it when I dropped my key. | I was so involved in playing the game that I didn't notice when I dropped my key.

●今の仕事は僕みたいなパソコン好きにとっては遊びの延長みたいなものです. For someone who enjoys computers as I do, this work is like playing a game.

・彼の作品には常に遊びの精神が感じられる. I always feel a playful spirit in his works.

・大勢でする遊びの楽しさを知らない子がいる. There are children who don't know the joy of playing a game involving large numbers of people [a lot of people].

・子供は遊びの天才だ. Children are geniuses at finding ways to play.

・幼児は身のまわりのものなんでも遊びの道具にしてしまう. Babies make toys out of everything around them.

・うちの子は遊びの中で自然に字を覚えました. My child picked up written characters [the alphabet] naturally, through games.

・自分より年長の子供たちの遊びに加わる join in games of older children.

●子供は遊びを覚えるのが早い. Children learn games quickly.

・彼にとってパチンコは遊びを超え, 今では職業になってしまった. For him, pachinko is more than a game; now it's become an occupation.

・子供たちは遊びを通じて人間社会のルールを身につける. Children learn society's rules through playing games.

●釣りは一年中楽しめる遊びだ. Fishing is a recreational activity that can be enjoyed the year through.

・乱暴な遊びも子供の成長過程の一段階としてある程度必要だ. A certain amount of roughhousing is necessary at one stage of a child's development.

・接待ゴルフは仕事だけれど, 今日のゴルフは遊びです. Playing golf to entertain a client is work, but today I'm playing it for fun.

2 〔道楽〕 indulging in amusement [entertainment, diversion]; 〔賭け事〕 (fondness of) gambling.

●悪い遊び socially [morally] reprehensible diversion [amusement]; licentious [dissolute] activity [pleasure, pleasure-seeking]; dissipation; profligacy; wild living

・両親は息子が悪い遊びに走るのを心配した. The parents worried that their son would get caught up in dissolute pleasure [wild living].

●彼は遊びが高じて自宅にカジノバーを作ってしまった. His gambling fondness escalated so that he built a casino bar in his house.

・何で儲けたか, このごろ彼は遊びが派手になった. It makes you wonder where he got the money, but lately he's been living it up in grand style.

・彼はプレイボーイを気取っているがまだまだ遊びが小さい. He puts on the airs of being a playboy, but what amusement he indulges in is still on a small, small scale.

・にいさん, ちょっと遊びが過ぎるんじゃないか. Young man, you play around a bit too much.

●彼は遊びに溺れるような人間ではない. He's not the type of person who'll get addicted to playing around.

・男は遊びに使う金欲しさに銀行強盗を思いたった. The man came up with the idea to rob a bank because he wanted money for his own amusements.

・その男は金のあるうちは海外にまで遊びに出かけていた. The man went on a pleasure trip overseas while he still had the money.

●彼は東京で悪い遊びを覚えた. In Tokyo he learned to be dissolute [dissipation].

・もう俺は遊びをやめることにした. I'm giving up the fast life. | I'm going to stop running around.

3 〔ゆとり･余裕〕

●ハンドルの遊び the play of a steering wheel.

●さすが名人だけあって彼の芸には遊びがある. As you'd expect from a real master, there's some freedom [flexibility] in his performance.

・彼女の弾くピアノはただ楽譜どおりで遊びがない. In her piano playing she just follows the score exactly, and there's nothing extra of herself in it.

・私は(車の)ハンドルに余分の遊びが生じていないかどうかを確かめた. I checked to see whether (or not) the steering wheel was free of excess play. | I checked to see whether (or not) the steering wheel had too much play.

・あの操縦桿は遊びが多すぎる. That control stick has too much play in it.

●衝撃をやわらげるように A と B の間にわざと遊びを作っておく make it so that there is some play between A and B, to cushion the shock.

●彼には全然遊びというものがなくて, つきあっていても窮屈だ. He has absolutely no sense of flexibility, so when you're with him you feel constrained.

4 【製本】 〔遊び紙〕 ⇒あそびがみ.

遊びがてら partly for diversion [pleasure]; 《on business》 combined with pleasure.

●私どもの新居は海の近くです. 一度遊びいらしてください. We have moved to a new home near the sea. Please do come and pay us a visit.

女遊び ⇒おんなあそび.

夜遊び ⇒よあそび.