godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to twist; to twirl
• to fiddle around with; to play with; to rewrite
• to rack one's brains

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to shirk one's duties; to be idle; to play truant
• to come loose; to come undone; to get untied

noun:

• the rise of the curtain; opening (of play) ➜ 幕開き
• beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)

noun:

• the rise of the curtain; opening (of play) ➜ 幕開け
• beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)

noun:

• device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play - archaism ➜ 田楽豆腐
• turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic; to joke

noun:

• on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play
• shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic; to joke - archaism ➜ 戯れる

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic; to joke ➜ とち狂う

noun:

• the two leading actors (in a play); the two star players; the two distinctive features; the two main items (attractions) - four character idiom

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to gain time; to play for time; to buy time

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to play a part; to get involved; to take a share; to share the burden

godan ~く verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to blow (e.g. wind); to play a wind instrument
• to whistle
• to laugh; to burst into laughter - often as 吹いた - slang ➜ 吹き出す【ふきだす】

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to smelt; to mint
• to brag; to talk big

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in ➜ 資する
• to finance

noun:

• trans-modern

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.); open; public

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to earn (income); to make (money)
• to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to play (for time)

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to work hard (at one's job); to labor; to labour; to toil

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be truant; to play hooky; to skip school; to skip out; to be idle; to sabotage by slowness - from サボタージュ ➜ サボタージュ

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to employ one's secret weapon; to play one's trump card; to use the ace up one's sleeve - idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to tailor; to make (clothing)
• to train; to bring up
• to make it seem like; to pass off
• to turn into a play or movie
• to prepare; to send; to despatch

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend) ➜ 遊びに来る

noun:

• draft (esp. in baseball) - Sports term
• draft; rough copy; rough sketch
• draught (beer); draft
• draft (air current); draught

noun / ~する noun:

• sophistication (trans: sophisticate)

noun:

• rewarding good and punishing evil; novel or drama with a rewarding-good-and-punishing-evil theme; moral purpose; morality play - four character idiom