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あそぶ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
遊ぶ
BOOST
Readings : あそぶ    あすぶ   
遊ぶ can be read in 2 ways: あそぶ (60%), あすぶ (40%).
'bu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to play; to enjoy oneself; to have a good time
2. to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.)
3. to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused
4. to go to (for pleasure or for study)  (as 〜に遊ぶ)
5. to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration  (baseball term)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 144,865 which gives a rank of 1,463
遊ぶ is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 11,000 (about 63,900,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 149 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 396
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 25 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
ちか
あそ
きけん
危険

It's dangerous to play around the fire.
ねこ
いなくなるネズミたち
あそ
びだす

When the cat is away, the mice will play.
たま
たの
しく
あそ
こと
ひつよう
必要

You need to enjoy yourself and have fun once in a while.
あそぶ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 85,000 (about 2,920,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 11665
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 25 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ユ   ユウ   あそ play   
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the man knows the way to make the child
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ホウ   かた way, direction   
シ   ス   こ child   
move
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