noun:

• playing manager (player-manager of a sports team)

noun:

• prepared piano

noun:

• playing on the koto

noun:

• baseball-playing teenager; high-school baseball player

noun:

• player piano; pianola

noun:

• role-playing - four character idiom

noun:

• playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; pretense
• surface preparation (for painting, etc.); scraping a surface clean - esp. ケレン

noun:

• player piano ➜ 自動ピアノ

noun:

• playing in the mud; playing with mud

noun / ~する noun:

• woman or girl who acts cute by playing innocent and helpless - derogatory term - slang ➜ ぶる

noun:

• playing in the snow

noun:

• playing card tax; tax on playing cards, mahjong sets, domino sets, etc. (abolished in 1989)

noun / ~する noun:

• playing with one's fingers (a guitar, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• playing with fire; flirting ➜ 火遊び

expression:

• playing outside

noun:

• playing cards
• mahjong tiles made of animal bone - Mahjong term

noun:

• playing in the mud; playing with mud ➜ 泥遊び【どろあそび】

expression / adjective:

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

noun:

• playing an entire composition without break; continually playing (in the background of a melody)

noun:

• playing catch

expression:

• playing while the cat is away; taking a break while the boss is out; doing what one wants when one is (finally) alone; relaxing while the demon is out [literal] - idiom ➜ 洗濯

noun:

• role-playing; roleplaying

noun:

• role-playing game; RPG

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.; to interrupt - incorrect variant of 合いの手を入れる ➜ 合いの手を入れる

noun / ~する noun:

• performance by two or more musicians playing similar instruments