| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 戯曲 | ぎきょく | play, drama |
| 遊戯 | ゆうぎ | game, play, sports |
| 戯画 | ぎが | caricature, cartoon, comics |
| 戯れ | たわむれ | play, sport, fun, caprice, joke, jest, flirtation |
| 戯える | そばえる | to play pranks, to be spoiled, to be spoilt |
| 戯かす | じゃらかす | to call for jokes |
| 戯れる | たわむれる, ざれる, じゃれる | to be playful, to gambol, to be amused (with something), to play, to sport, to frolic, to joke; to flirt with |
| 戯ける | おどける, たわける | to jest, to joke, to play the fool, to act indecently, to be silly over, to talk foolishly |
| 戯る | たわむる | to be playful, to gambol, to be amused (with something), to play, to sport, to frolic, to joke |
| 戯け | おどけ | (a) pleasantry, joke, attempt at humor |
