Hi, everyone! I’m Masa and a native Japanese speaker.
Do you know how to say “hang out” in Japanese?
You will miss the chance to make Japanese friends if you don’t know how to ask your friends to hang out.
You will learn “hang out” in Japanese with several example sentences on this page.
いくよ〜！
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How to say “hang out” in Japanese?
遊(あそ)ぶ Asobu
Simple! “Hang out” in Japanese is 遊(あそ)ぶ.
You might think that 遊(あそ)ぶ means “play,” and it’s used only for children’s games.
But actually, it also means “hang out,” and you can use it no matter how old you are!!
Here are some example sentences to understand the word better.
Example sentences
A：どこに行(い)くの？
B：友達(ともだち)と遊(あそ)んでくるよ。
A：夕飯(ゆうはん)までには帰(かえ)るのよ〜。
B：分(わ)かってるよ、お母(かあ)さん。A：Where are you going?
B：I’ll hang out with my firends.
A：Come back home by dinner time.
B：I know, mom.
A：昔(むかし)の友達(ともだち)と久(ひさ)しぶりに遊(あそ)んだよ。
B：いいね。何(なに)したの？
A：カフェに行(い)ってきた。A：I hung out with an old friend for the first time in a while.
B：Awesome. What did you guys do?
A：We went to the caffe.
A：あいつとはもう遊(あそ)ばない。
B：どうしたの？
A：ドタキャンされた。
B：それはひどいね。A：I will not hang out with the guy anymore.
B：What happened?
A：He backed out at the last minute.
B：That sucks.
A：あの子(こ)と遊(あそ)ぶのは大変(たいへん)だったよ。
B：なんで？
A：ショッピングが大好(だいす)きだからね。僕(ぼく)はあまりショッピングが好(す)きじゃないんだよね。A：It was not easy to hang out with the girl.
B：Why?
A：She likes shopping, and I don’t.
遊(あそ)びに誘(さそ)う ask someone to hang out
When you say, “I ask someone to hang out,” you can say “遊(あそ)びに誘(さそ)う.”
A：Masaを遊(あそ)びに誘(さそ)おうよ！
B：いいね！A：We gotta ask Masa to hang out!
B：That’s great!
A：彼女(かのじょ)を遊(あそ)びに誘(さそ)いたいんだけど、どこに行(い)こうかな。
B：海(うみ)とかどう？
A：いいアイデアだね。明日(あした)の天気予報(てんきよほう)を確認(かくにん)してみるよA: I want to ask my girlfriend to hang out, but I’m not sure where to go.
B: How about the beach?
A: That’s a great idea, I’ll check what the weather will be like tomorrow.
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