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もてあそぶ

verb

to play with (a toy, a trifle, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with / to toy with, to make sport of, to make a fool of, to trifle with / to do with as one pleases / to appreciate

彼は新しいおもちゃをもてあそんでいる。

He is playing with his new toy.

意味（1）

to play with (a toy, a trifle, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with

彼(かの)女(じょ)は彼(かれ)の耳(じ)朶(だ)を指(ゆび)先(さき)でもてあそぶのが好(す)きでした。

Kanojo wa kare no jida o yubisaki de moteasobu no ga suki deshita.She liked to finger his lobes.

意味（2）

to toy with, to make sport of, to make a fool of, to trifle with

男(おとこ)が女(おんな)を弄(もてあそ)ぶことに、すっかり慣(な)れているように、彼(かの)女(じょ)等(ら)は男(おとこ)を弄(もてあそ)ぶことに、これまたすっかり慣(な)れているのだ。

Otoko ga onna o moteasobu koto ni, sukkari narete iru yō ni, kanojora wa otoko o moteasobu koto ni, koremata sukkari narete iru noda.As men are well accustomed to making sport of women, the girls are quite used to toying with men.

意味（3）

to do with as one pleases

意味（4）

to appreciate

故(ゆえ)に茶(ちゃ)人(じん)の茶(ちゃ)を玩(もてあそ)ぶは歌(か)人(じん)の歌(うた)をつくり俳(はい)人(じん)の俳(はい)句(く)をつくるが如(ごと)く常(つね)に新(しん)鮮(せん)なる意(い)匠(しょう)を案(あん)出(しゅつ)し臨(りん)機(き)応(おう)変(へん)の材(ざい)を要(よう)す。

Yueni chajin no cha o moteasobu wa kajin no uta o tsukuri haijin no haiku o tsukuru ga gotoku tsuneni shinsen-naru ishō o anshutsushi rinkiōhen no zai o yōsu.Masters of tea ceremonies have to always devise new ideas and prepare materials as the occasion demands in serving tea, as waka poets in creating waka and haiku poets in creating haiku.