| Subject | English | Japanese |
| nucl.phys. | common mode failure | 共通モード故障 |
| reliabil. | common mode failures within a system pl | 共通モード故障 システム内の |
| tech. | failure mode | 破壊モード (はかいモード) |
| gen. | failure mode | 故障モード |
| reliabil. | failure modes and effects analysis | 故障モード・影響解析 |
| reliabil. | failure modes, effects and criticality analysis | 故障モード・影響及び致命度解析 |
| tech. | simultaneous mode of failure approach | 同時破壊法 (どうじはかいモードほう) |