| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | become distinct | 浮き彫りになる |
| tech. | distance of distinct vision | 明視の距離 (めいしのきより) |
| gen. | distance of distinct vision | 明視距離 |
| comp., MS | distinct customer | 一意な顧客 (A customer who may visit a Web site several times within a certain timeframe, but is counted only once) |
| gen. | distinct element method | 個別要素法 |
| comp., MS | distinct product | 特徴的製品 (A uniquely identifiable product) |
| gen. | n adj-no distinct species | 別種 news2 nf47 |
| obs. | n peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture | 戎 (i.e. the Ainu) |
| obs. | n peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture | 夷 news2 nf41 (i.e. the Ainu) |
| math. | v5r vi to be different and distinct | 相異なる |
| math. | v5r vi to be relatively distinct | 相異なる (when referring to items in a set) |