jpdb beta

playground

playboy; libertine; (professional) gambler; person without a steady job; idler

playmate; playfellow

nightlife; night amusements

word game; wordplay; playing with words

playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness

bathing (in a lake, river, or in the sea); playing in the water; playing with water

game of make-believe; child's play; pretend play

half in fun

chasing after women; womanizing

playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting

plaything; toy

playing with balls (e.g. football, playing catch, etc.)

① 川で泳いだり、魚をとったりして遊ぶこと。② 川に舟を浮かべ風情を楽しんだりして遊ぶこと。川舟の遊び。舟遊び。川逍遥。

playing alone

playing in the sand

playing in the snow

playmate

plaything; playing (with a toy); gambling; activity using hand-gestures (esp. playing games or singing songs)

playful; sportive; pleasure-seeking; pleasure seeker; playful person

chasing after men

playmate; companion; friend to play with

playing in the mud; playing with mud

ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year

playing outside

outing; picnic; excursion

playtime; recess

song and dance performed as an offering to the gods

being entertained by a geisha

game; pastime; recreation; diversion

playing in the sea

gathering shellfish, crabs, etc. on the seashore

making things out of dirt (for fun)

child's play

playing in the mud; playing with mud

(private) geisha entertainment; being entertained by one or more geisha (in a tea house or traditional Japanese restaurant)

action rhymes; song sung (by children) as part of a game

prank; evil pleasures; gambling

① 古は女子の雛人形を弄ぶ事。② 後世は3月3日雛人形を携え弁当などを持ち行ってする女子の遊び。

(children's) play clothes; playsuit; leisurewear; leisure clothes; sports coat; sportswear

seesaw (game)

paint sniffing; thinner sniffing; glue sniffing (huffing)

filled pause (e.g. um, er); filler word

(private) geisha entertainment; being entertained by one or more geisha (in a tea house or traditional Japanese restaurant)

ne-no-hi-no-asobi; collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)

being entertained by a maiko (geisha apprentice)

prostitute

Azuma-asobi (ancient Japanese dance suite that originated in eastern Japan)