Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
もてあそ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 弄ぶ – see the following entry.
もてあそぶ
[verb] to play with (a toy, a trifle, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with
[verb] to toy with, to make sport of, to make a fool of, to trifle with
[verb] to do with as one pleases
[verb] to appreciate
Alternative spellings
もて遊ぶ, 玩ぶ, 翫ぶ
(This term, 弄ぶ, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)