英和和英

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自動詞

1

（＝戯れる）to play; to amuse oneself; to enjoy oneself; to disport oneself

用例

• 子どもらが遊んでいる
  The children are at play.

• 子どもらが表に遊んでいる
  The children are playing in the street.
• 野に遊んでいる
  They are playing in the field.
• 球を投げて遊んでいる
  They are playing （at） ball.
• 今日は何をして遊ぼうか
  What shall we play today?
• 兵隊ゴッコして遊ぼう
  Let us play （at） soldiers.
• 戦争ゴッコをして遊ぼう
  Let us play （at） war.
• トランプをして遊ぼう
  Let us play （at） cards.
• お医者ゴッコをして遊ぼう
  Let us play that I am the doctor and you are the patient.
• 雨降りには何をして遊ぶか
  What do you play―How do you amuse yourself―in rainy weather?
• 船中では何をして遊ぶか
  How do you amuse yourselves on board ship?
• 君は誰と遊ぶか
  Whom do you play with?
• 僕はあいつらと遊ばない
  I do not play with that set―go with that set.
• この子は独りで遊ぶ事が好きだ
  The boy likes to play by himself.
• 面白く遊ぶ
  to―enjoy oneself―have a good time
• 皆で温泉へ行って一日面白く遊んで来た
  We went to the hot springs, and enjoyed ourselves―had a good time―passed a pleasant day.
• 一週間ばかり田舎へ行って面白く遊んだ
  I have passed a pleasant week in the country.
• （休みが三日続くが）どうして遊んだら一番に面白かろうか
  How can I make the most of my time?
• 子どもらは余念無く遊んでいる
  The children are absorbed in play―intent on play.
• よく務めよく遊べ
  “Work while you work, and play while you play”【イディオム・格言的】
  Work with all you might, and play with all your heart.
• 働く味を知らない者は遊ぶ味を知らぬ
  He who knows not what it is to labour, knows not what it is to enjoy.
• 子どもを遊ばせないとバカになる
  “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 人を面白く遊ばせる
  to amuse―divert―entertain―people
• あの女は人を上手に遊ばせる
  She has tact in entertaining people.
• 遊んで暮らす
  to pass one's time in play―play one's time away
• 僕は病気で一年遊んだ
  I have played away a year.
• 遊びたわむれる
  to disport oneself―frolic―lark

2

（＝業を休んで遊ぶ） to make holiday; to take a holiday; to take one's ease

用例

• 一週間ばかり遊びに行って来ようと思う
  I am going to take a week's holiday.

• （年百年中勉強ばかりしていないで）たまには遊ぶがよい
  You ought to make holiday―take a holiday―take your ease―once in a while.
• 今は遊ぶには一番好い時節だ
  Now is the best time for making holiday.
• せめて日曜だけも遊ぶがよい
  You ought to take your ease on Sunday at least.

3

（＝遊興をする）to take one's pleasure; to pursue pleasure; to make merry; to see life:（若い時遊ぶは）to sow one's wild oats:（廓通いするは）to visit gay quarters

用例

• あの人は遊ぶか
  Does he ever take his pleasure?―go out for pleasure?―visit gay quarters?

• コッソリ遊ぶ
  He visits gay quarters on the sly.
• なかなか遊ぶ
  He is a man of pleasure―very much of a man of pleasure.
• なかなか遊んだ人だ
  He has seen life―seen much of life.
• 若い時は遊んだ
  He has sown his wild oats.
• 遊ぶ時は遊んでも締まる時は締まる
  A young man who sows his wild oats, will become steady in time
  A gay young man will sober down in time
  “Young sinner, old saint.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 船乗りは上陸して遊ぶのを何よりの楽しみにしている
  Sailors at sea look forward to making merry on shore.
• 彼は盛んに遊ぶ
  He takes his pleasure royally―takes his pleasure like a prince―goes on at a great rate.
• 綺麗に遊ぶ
  to take one's pleasure like a gentleman―leave a welcome behind one
• あっさり遊ぶ
  to take light pleasure―dip in pleasure
• 思い切って遊ぶ
  to take one's fling―have one's fling
• 羽目をはずして遊ぶ
  to have a gay frolic―have a boisterous merry-making―have high jinks―go on the spree
• 羽目をはずして遊んでいる
  They are on the spree.
• 金びら切って遊ぶ
  to sport one's fortune
• 遊んで暮らす
  to pass one's time in pleasure―lead a life of pleasure―live a gay life

4

（＝ただ居る）to be idle; to be doing nothing:（職に離れてなら）to be out of employment:（金なら）to be idle; to be dormant

用例

• 僕は遊んでいられぬ
  I can not afford to be idle.

• お前は遊んでばかりいてはならぬ
  You must not be idle.
• 子どもを遊ばしておく
  to have a boy idle―have a boy doing nothing
• いくら金持ちでも子どもを遊ばしておくものでない
  However rich a man may be, he should not have his boy idle.
• 子どもを遊ばしておくな
  Keep a boy busy.
• からだを遊ばせるのは好くない
  It is not good to be idle.
• からだを遊ばせるな
  Don't be idle
  Keep yourself busy.
• 遊んで暮らす
  to pass one's time in idleness―idle one's time away―lead an idle life―eat the bread of idleness
• 彼は金ができたから遊んでくらせる
  As he has become rich, he need not work―（他動詞構文にすれば）―His wealth has raised him above the necessity of labour.
• 彼は離れて遊んでいる
  He is out of employment―out of work―at a loose end.
• 久しく遊んでいる
  He has been out of employment―doing nothing―for a long time.
• （仕事がなくて）職人が遊んでいる
  The men are lying idle.
• 職人を遊ばしておく
  They have the men lying idle.
• 金が遊んでいる
  The money is lying idle―lying dormant.
• 金を遊ばしておくのは無益だ
  It is unadvisable to have your money lying idle.
• 遊んでいる金
  idle money―dormant money―money to spare
• 遊んでいる金とては無い
  I have no money to spare.

5

（＝遊びに行く）to visit, make a trip to （a place）

用例

• 一日日光に遊ぶ
  One day I visited―paid a visit to―made a trip to―went on a trip to―Nikko.

• 海外に遊ぶ
  to visit foreign countries―go abroad
• 野に遊ぶ
  to have a picnic
• ちょっと遊びに来給え
  Come to see me.
• 一日遊びに来給え
  Come to spend a day with me.

6

（＝漫遊する、遊学する）to travel, study （in a place）

用例

• 幼にして欧米に遊ぶ
  In his youth, he visited―travelled in―studied in―Europe and America.

• 江戸に出でて佐久間象山の門に遊ぶ
  He went to Edo, and studied under Sakuma Shozan.
• 芸に遊ぶ
  to follow art
• 文筆に遊ぶ
  to follow literary pursuits