| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | n cardinal goatfish | ホウライヒメジ |
| light. | cardinal light | 方位灯 |
| light. | cardinal mark | 方位標識 |
| phys. | cardinal number | カージナル数 (kājinarusū) |
| gen. | cardinal number | 基数詞 |
| gen. | n cardinal number | 基数 news2 nf40 |
| gen. | cardinal point | 方位基点 (ほういきてん) |
| gen. | n adj-no cardinal point | 基点 news2 nf36 (きてん) |
| phys. | cardinal points | 主要点 (しゅようてん) |
| gen. | n cardinal principle | 妙諦 |
| gen. | cardinal sign | 主徴 |
| gen. | n cardinal tetra | カージナル・テトラ (Paracheirodon axelrodi) |
| gen. | n cardinal tetra | カージナルテトラ (Paracheirodon axelrodi) |
| gen. | n uk common cardinal | 猩猩紅冠鳥 |
| gen. | n uk common cardinal | 猩々紅冠鳥 |
| gen. | four cardinal points | 縦横 ichi1 news1 nf15 (tateyoko) |
| abbr. | n god of fortune in Onmyoudou who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle | 天一 |
| gen. | n god of fortune in Onmyoudou who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle | 中神 |
| gen. | n guardian deities of the four cardinal points | 四神獣 |
| sumo. | knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring | 総角 (color) |
| sumo. | knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring | 揚巻 (color) |
| sumo. | knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring | 揚げ巻 (color) |
| gen. | n uk northern cardinal | 猩猩紅冠鳥 (Cardinalis cardinalis) |
| gen. | n uk northern cardinal | 猩々紅冠鳥 (Cardinalis cardinalis) |
| gen. | n the five cardinal Confucian virtues | 五常 (justice, politeness, wisdom, fidelity and benevolence) |
| gen. | n yoji the four cardinal behaviors - walking, standing, sitting and lying | 行住座臥 ik |
| gen. | n yoji the four cardinal behaviors - walking, standing, sitting and lying | 行住坐臥 |
| gen. | n the four cardinal directions | 四方 ichi1 news1 nf11 |
| gen. | n the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions | 八方 news1 nf21 |