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きょうじる

Ichidan verbverb (generic)intransitive verb

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Meanings

to amuse oneself, to make merry

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Example sentences

子供こどもたちはにわあそびにきょうじている

The children are amusing themselves playing in the garden.

かれらはよるおそくまでトランプにきょうじた

They amused themselves playing cards until late at night.

老人ろうじんたちは縁側えんがわ将棋しょうぎきょうじていた

The elderly men were engrossed in a game of shogi on the veranda.

彼女かのじょ仕事しごともせずに読書どくしょきょうじてばかりいる。

She does nothing but amuse herself with reading without doing any work.

宴席えんせきにおいて貴族きぞくたちは朗詠ろうえいきょうよるけるのもわすれた。

At the banquet, the nobles lost themselves in the recitation of poetry, forgetting that the night was growing late.