- 演技【えんぎ】 - acting, performance 
- 演奏【えんそう】 - musical performance 
- 出演【しゅつえん】 - appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.), performance 
- 演じる【えんじる】 - to act (a part), to play (a role), to perform (a play, etc.), to put on (a production), to commit (e.g. a blunder), to disgrace oneself, to do something conspicuously, to make a scene, to pretend (e.g. to be a good father) 
- 公演【こうえん】 - public performance, exhibition in a foreign country 
- 演出【えんしゅつ】 - direction (of a play, film, etc.), production, organization (of an event), arrangement, staging (for effect), orchestration 
- 演説【えんぜつ】 - speech, address 
- 演劇【えんげき】 - drama, theatre, theater, play 
- 共演【きょうえん】 - appearing together (in a film, play, etc.), performing together (at a concert, etc.), acting together, co-starring, playing together (in a sports match) 
- 主演【しゅえん】 - starring (in a film, play, etc.), playing the leading part 
- 講演【こうえん】 - lecture, address, speech 
- 演習【えんしゅう】 - practice, exercise, drill, military exercise, manoeuvres, maneuvers, drill, seminar 
- 上演【じょうえん】 - performance (of a play, opera, etc.), staging, presentation 
- 演ずる【えんずる】 - to act (a part), to play (a role), to perform (a play, etc.), to put on (a production), to commit (a blunder), to pretend (e.g. to be a good father), to disgrace oneself 
- 独演【どくえん】 - solo, solo performance 
- 初演【しょえん】 - first performance 
- 演出家【えんしゅつか】 - producer, director 
- 演歌【えんか】 - enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad, troubadour 
- 演目【えんもく】 - program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.), programme 
- 演芸【えんげい】 - entertainment, performance