expression / godan ~む verb:

• to play with fire; to take a great risk; to step on a tiger's tail [literal] - idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect ➜ 遊び歩く

noun:

• viewing noh; seeing a noh play; going to a noh theater

noun / ~する noun:

• author directing or producing his or her own play (film) - four character idiom
• staging oneself for effect; presenting oneself in a favorable light - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to make a hit; to have a great success (e.g. in business, with a play, etc.)

noun:

• sharpening with a rough grindstone; rough sharpening ➜ 粗砥

~する verb (spec.):

• to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.)
• to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to play accompaniment; to keep time
• to cheer; to applaud
• to jeer; to mock; to banter

noun:

• long-playing record; long-play record; LP record

noun:

• upstage right pillar (on a noh stage), where the main actor stands at the start and end of the play ➜ 仕手

noun:

• personnel; members; lineup (of a team); roster; cast (of a play)
• announcement of next day's match-ups - Sumo term

noun:

• women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono
• ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go) ［打ち掛け］

noun:

• performance or narrative based on the story of the Forty-seven Ronin (esp. the Kanadehon Chushingura, an epic puppet play first performed in 1748) ➜ 浄瑠璃

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to play pranks; to be spoiled; to be spoilt

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to play with; to toy with; to tease

noun / ~する noun:

• setting; installing; mounting; arranging
• setting up (meeting, conference, etc.)

noun:

• stage setting
• setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to

noun:

• shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; canceling; shelf (i.e. "on the shelf") ➜ 蔵【くら】
• rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fence; to wall in
• to besiege; to lay siege to
• to play (go, shogi, etc.)

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to be left in the dust of; to play second fiddle (to); to take second billing (to)

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate
• to play the first move (e.g. in go)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to walk about; to walk around
• to conduct oneself
• to turn up
• to brawl (in a play, etc.)

noun:

• using multiple simple paper masks to represent different emotions in a play (from the middle of the Edo period) ➜ 百面相
• simple paper mask ➜ 目鬘