noun / suffix noun:

• playing
• play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect) - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• piano - Music term - From Italian

noun:

• playing cards - From English "trump"

noun / ~する noun:

• playing (a wind instrument); blowing

noun:

• commercial go-playing parlour (parlor)

noun:

• grand piano

noun / ~する noun:

• playing with fire
• playing with something dangerous
• playing around (love); flirting; having an affair

noun / ~する noun:

• playing in water; splashing about

noun:

• one's style of playing shogi or go

noun:

• playing to the gallery; grandstanding; gag; claptrap

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• ad hoc; haphazard

noun:

• dress rehearsal - abbreviation ➜ 場当たり稽古

noun:

• playing (instrument); playing method; touch

noun:

• piano tuner

noun:

• playing with dirt ➜ 土遊び
• gardening; farming (as a hobby)

expression:

• playing alone

noun:

• (an individual's) way of playing mahjong; mahjong tactics - Mahjong term

noun:

• playing doctor; children examining each other's genitals (often as a role play)

noun:

• playing with fire ➜ 火遊び

expression / ~よい adjective:

• good at playing along; up for anything; carefree; social; positive
• uplifting; upbeat

noun:

• role-playing game; RPG ➜ ロールプレイングゲーム

noun / ~する noun:

• playing with something with one's fingers
• searching with one's fingers (e.g. in the dark)

noun:

• playing house

noun:

• playing on equal terms; having no handicap for either player - Shōgi term ➜ 平手
• being evenly matched - Shōgi term

noun:

• woman who earns her living by entertaining with song, dance and playing the shamisen; geisha who sings at parties

noun:

• electric piano

noun:

• electric piano - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ エレクトリックピアノ