play (a stringed or keyboard musical instrument)

to flick and make something spring/jump / (of materials) to reject; to repel (some external substance) / (from the metaphor of beating beads of an abacus) to calculate

(slang) pistol; gun / tiddlywinks

(music) a piano

skillful, dexterous

(rare) skill, dexterity / flattery (from being told how skillful one is, even if one isn't) / a person with the seventh dan in the games of shogi or go

(obsolete) same as jōzu reading above

(obsolete) same as jōzu reading above

(rare) alternate for jōzu above / Short for 上手物 (jōtemono): an exquisite piece of workmanship

superior, better / aggressive, bold, on the offensive