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弄ぶ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
弄ぶ
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Reading : もてあそぶ   
'bu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with
2. to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with
3. to do with something as one pleases
4. to appreciate
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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弄ぶ is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 86,000 (about 2,790,000 results)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
ねこ
きた
ネズミ
もてあそ
んでいた

The cat was playing with a live mouse.
かれ
かのじょ
彼女
こと
ほんき
本気
ではない
かのじょ
彼女
もてあそ
んでいる
だけ
He's not serious about her at all. He's just playing with her.
かれ
かのじょ
彼女
ちくび
乳首
もてあそ
んだ

He played with her nipples.
もて遊ぶ
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Reading : もてあそぶ   
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• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 86,000 (about 2,790,000 results)
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翫ぶ
BOOST
Reading : もてあそぶ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 186,000 (about 363,000 results)
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玩ぶ
BOOST
Reading : もてあそぶ   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 239,000 (about 40,700 results)
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ロウ   play with; ridicule   もてあそ to play with   
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twenty; two hands   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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
ガン    toy   
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ゲン   ガン   origin; original   もと origin   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
legs
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