also: ロールプレーイング
role-playing; roleplaying
General term for acting out a role, especially in games, training, or therapy. Often used as a modifier in compounds like ロールプレイングゲーム (RPG).
We did role-playing during the training.
He loves role-playing games.
Spelling with interpunct; mainly in older or stylized contexts.
Long-vowel variant with interpunct; very rare.
Loanword from English 'role-playing'.