| Subject | English | Japanese |
| ling. | n descriptive adequacy | 記述的妥当性 |
| phys. | descriptive astronomy | 記述天文学 (kijutsu-tenmongaku) |
| gen. | n descriptive composition | 記事文 |
| gen. | n descriptive geography | 人文地理 |
| construct. | descriptive geometry | 図形幾何学 (zukei-kikagaku) |
| gen. | n descriptive geometry | 画法幾何学 (gahō-kikagaku) |
| ling. | n descriptive grammar | 記述文法 |
| gen. | n descriptive linguistics | 記述言語学 |
| comp. | n descriptive markup | 記述的マーク |
| gen. | descriptive model | 記述モデル |
| comp. | n descriptive name | 記述名 |
| gen. | n descriptive narrative part | 地の文 |
| gen. | n descriptive poetry | 叙事詩 news2 nf31 spec2 |
| gen. | n descriptive powers | 描写力 (byōsharyoku) |
| patents. | descriptive provision | 特性記述事項 |
| gen. | n descriptive science | 記述的科学 |
| gen. | descriptive statistic | 説明的統計量 |
| gen. | n descriptive statistics | 記述統計学 |
| el., sec.sys. | descriptive system document | 解説的システム文書 |
| gen. | n oft-repeated descriptive epithets in poetry | 歌枕 |