jpdb beta

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

playground; play space

nightlife; night amusements

play; playing; game; lack of seriousness; half-hearted effort; just playing around

playmate; playfellow

playing in the water (sea, lake, river, etc.); playing with water

word game; wordplay; playing with words

playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness

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

chasing after women; womanizing

half in fun

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

plaything; toy

playing by oneself; playing alone; entertaining oneself; game played by oneself (e.g. solitaire)

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

enjoying oneself on a river (e.g. boating, swimming, fishing)

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

playing outside

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

outing; picnic; excursion

playing in the sea

playtime; recess

song and dance performed as an offering to the gods

being entertained by a geisha

game; pastime; recreation; diversion

making things out of dirt (for fun)

gathering shellfish, crabs, etc. on the seashore

playing karuta

playing in the mud; playing with mud

child's play

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

spending extravagantly (esp. in the red light districts); extravagant spending spree; spending money in royal style

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

numbers game; deceiving by misuse of numbers and statistics

prank; evil pleasures; gambling

child's play; children's games

playing with dolls displayed on the Girl's Festival

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

tag (children's game); tig

seesaw (game)

paint sniffing; thinner sniffing; glue sniffing; glue 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)