Meaning

Primary

Play

Alternatives

A Game, Playing

Word Type

noun, verbal noun

Explanation

All day long you play and play, because you love play. There's nothing better than a game!

遊戯 is a formal term for play or playing. It's often used for structured play, especially the kind organized for young children in kindergarten or daycare, where the games involve music, movement, and simple routines. You'll also see it in terms like 遊戯施設 (play facilities).

Reading

ゆうぎ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • お遊戯

    children's play, children's games

Context Sentences

園児たちが音楽にあわせてお遊戯会の練習をしています。

The kindergarteners are practicing for their performance, moving along to the music.

このホテルは子供向けの遊戯施設が充実していて、子連れ家族に人気があります。

This hotel has excellent play facilities for children and is popular with families traveling with kids.

人間同士の争いなど、結局は神の遊戯にすぎないのかもしれない。だが、もしこれが神の遊戯だとすれば、あまりにも残酷すぎはしないか。

Conflicts between humans may be nothing more than a game of the gods.
And yet, if this is their game, is it not unbearably cruel?

『遊☆戯☆王』は、さまざまな「遊戯」を通じて勝負や心理戦が繰り広げられる物語で、特にカードゲームを中心に展開される作品です。

"Yu-Gi-Oh!" is a story where intense battles and psychological duels unfold through various games, with card games in particular being at the center.

Kanji Composition