| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | cycle-to-cycle self-adjustment method | サイクル誤差自己調整法 |
| comp. | n kana-to-kanji conversion Japanese input method | 仮名漢字変換形日本文入力装置 |
| gen. | n method of dyeing, developed in Okinawa, in which a single stencil is used to produce richly polychromatic designs | 紅型 |
| gen. | n method of dying in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense - imported from western China and used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods | 暈繝 |
| gen. | n method of dying in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense - imported from western China and used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods | 繧繝 |
| gen. | n method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise like a nightingale's call when walked across | 鶯張り (security feature) |
| gen. | n method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise like a nightingale's call when walked across | 鴬張り (security feature) |
| gen. | n method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise like a nightingale's call when walked across | うぐいす張り (security feature) |
| gen. | exp n method of questioning that leads to the identification of the root causes of a problem | なぜなぜ分析 |
| gen. | n yoji method used to win without fighting | 無手勝流 |
| gen. | thing or method used to collect information or opinions | アンテナ gai1 ichi1 (antena) |
| proverb | exp to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method | 木に縁りて魚を求む from Mencius |
| proverb | exp to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method | 木に縁って魚を求む variant of 木に縁りて... |