| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | n commentaries of the ancients | 古註 |
| gen. | n commentaries of the ancients | 古注 |
| gen. | commentary on book title | 注釈 (ちゅうしゃく) |
| gen. | ~commentary on | ~注釈 (suf.) |
| gen. | n commentary on a text | 釈義学 |
| gen. | n commentary on a text | 釈義 |
| gen. | Commentary on Ancient History | 古史伝 (unclass; by Hirata Atsutane, 1825) |
| gen. | n commentary on current events | 時評 news2 nf30 |
| gen. | n commentary on Shiki | 史記抄 |
| gen. | n commentary on the Book of Odes by Zheng Xuan | 鄭箋 |
| gen. | n Commentary on the Kojiki | 古事記伝 (by Motoori Norinaga, 1798) |
| titles | Dao-cho's commentary on the Amitayurdhyana Sutra | 安楽集 |
| gen. | n detailed commentary | 詳註 |
| gen. | n detailed commentary | 詳注 |
| gen. | n news commentary | 時事解説 |
| titles | Perpetual Commentary on the Chronicles of Japan | 日本書紀通証 (by Tanikawa Kotosuga, 1762) |
| gen. | n running commentary | 実況放送 |
| gen. | n selection and commentary | 選評 news2 nf44 (on literary texts or poems) |
| gen. | n written commentary on notable events or persons | 評判記 |