プレイ

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English play.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [pùréꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • (Tokyo) [pùréꜜè] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [pɯ̟ɾe̞i]
  • IPA(key): [pɯ̟ɾe̞ː]

Noun

プレイ • (purei

  1. (gaming, sports) play
  2. (sex) acting out of a fetish; engaging in a fetish
    デリヘル(じょう)とのプレイderiheru-jō to no pureidoing kinky things with a deriheru girl
    (しゅう)()プレイshūchi pureierotic humiliation
    (じょ)(そう)プレイjosō pureicrossdressing
    おむつプレイomutsu pureiwearing diapers
    ネカマプレイnekama pureiroleplaying as the opposite sex online
    ローションプレイrōshon pureilotion play
    ()(しゅつ)プレイroshutsu pureiexhibitionism
    ()(がい)プレイyagai pureinot wearing undergarments in public

Derived terms

Verb

プレイする • (purei surusuru (stem プレイ (purei shi), past プレイした (purei shita))

  1. (gaming, sports) to play
    ミランでプレイする
    Miran de purei suru
    to play at Milan

Conjugation

Conjugation of "プレイする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") プレイし purei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") プレイし purei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") プレイする purei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") プレイする purei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") プレイすれ purei sure
Meireikei ("imperative") プレイせよ¹
プレイしろ²
purei seyo¹
purei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive プレイされる purei sareru
Causative プレイさせる
プレイさす
purei saseru
purei sasu
Potential プレイできる purei dekiru
Volitional プレイしよう purei shiyō
Negative プレイしない purei shinai
Negative continuative プレイせず purei sezu
Formal プレイします purei shimasu
Perfective プレイした purei shita
Conjunctive プレイして purei shite
Hypothetical conditional プレイすれば purei sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ プレイ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months