| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | n in shogi, chess, etc. a move | 指し手 news2 nf30 |
| gen. | n a sealed move | 封じ手 news1 nf17 |
| comp., MS | Always Move gallery | 移動先の指定 ギャラリー (A gallery that allows users to create a quick rule to move mail to a selected folder based on the sender, recipients, or conversation of the currently selected e-mail message without opening the full Create Rule dialog, gyararī) |
| gen. | and make the smart move | 気を利かせる |
| gen. | n apt move | 手筋 (in a go or shogi game) |
| gen. | n yoji being on the move | 南船北馬 |
| gen. | n vs yoji being on the move | 東奔西走 news2 nf43 |
| gen. | n bold move | 大技 |
| gen. | n bold move | 大業 |
| gen. | n brilliant move | 妙手 news2 nf40 spec2 |
| gen. | n chopsticks used to move food from a serving dish to one's own dish | 取り箸 |
| gen. | clever move | 巧手 |
| gen. | clever move | 好手 |
| gen. | uk contact move | 附け (in go) |
| gen. | uk contact move | 付け ichi1 (in go, つけ) |
| construct. | фирм. 3D move eye | 3Dムーブアイ (surī-dī-mūbu-ai) |
| gen. | exp deep rivers move in silence | 浅瀬に仇波 |
| gen. | n destination of a move | 引っ越し先 |
| gen. | n uk diagonal move | 尖 io (in the game of go) |
| gen. | n uk diagonal move | 尖み (in the game of go) |
| gen. | n "dog year", expression for the rapid pace at which the information technology field moves | ドッグ・イヤー |
| gen. | n "dog year", expression for the rapid pace at which the information technology field moves | ドッグイヤー |
| gen. | n vs downward move | 左遷 ichi1 news2 nf43 (させん) |
| gen. | drastic move | 荒技 (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts) |
| gen. | drastic move | 荒業 (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts) |
| gen. | n every single move | 一挙手一投足 news2 nf36 |
| gen. | n yoji every single move | 一挙一動 |
| gen. | exp Faith will move mountains | 一念天に通ず |
| gen. | n finishing move | 得意技 |
| gen. | n first move | 先番 (in games) |
| gen. | n first move | 先手 news1 nf12 |
| gen. | n first move | 先 (in go, shogi, etc., さき) |
| gen. | n foolish move | 愚行 news2 nf35 |
| gen. | n forbidden move | 禁手 (sumo, shogi, go, etc.) |
| gen. | n forbidden move | 禁じ手 (sumo, shogi, go, etc.) |
| gen. | good move | 巧手 (in shogi, go, etc.) |
| gen. | good move | 好手 (in shogi, go, etc.) |
| baseb. | having no choice in a move | 決めうち (e.g. mahjong, go, etc.) |
| baseb. | having no choice in a move | 決め打ち (e.g. mahjong, go, etc.) |
| gen. | n ineffective or wasted move | 緩手 (in Go or Shoji) |
| gen. | n last moves | 寄せ news1 nf12 (in go, shogi, or chess) |
| tech. | limited-move method | 可動範囲限定法 (かどうはんいげんていほう) |
| gen. | logical move | 条 (in go, shogi, etc.) |
| gen. | logical move | 筋 ichi1 news1 nf01 (in go, shogi, etc., すぢ) |
| gen. | n losing move | 敗着 (go, shogi) |
| gen. | make a diagonal move | 尖む (in the game of go) |
| gen. | make a move | 措置を講じる |
| gen. | make a move | 駒を動かす |
| gen. | make a move in violence | 手を出す |
| gen. | make a move on | 手を出す |
| gen. | exp make one wrong move and... | 一歩間違うと |
| gen. | make somebody move | 動きかける |
| gen. | make somebody move | 動き掛ける |
| gen. | n making a careless move | 手拍子 news2 nf33 (in Go, shogi, etc.) |
| sport. | exp making a move immediately in a timed game | ノー・タイム (shogi, go, etc.) |
| sport. | exp making a move immediately in a timed game | ノータイム (shogi, go, etc.) |
| titles | Mannequin Two On the Move | マネキン２ (film) |
| gen. | exp Mencius' mother, three moves | 孟母三遷の教え |
| gen. | exp yoji Mencius' mother, three moves | 孟母三遷 |
| gen. | move a piece | 駒を動かす (e.g. in shogi) |
| gen. | n vs yoji move about in confusion | 右往左往 news2 nf47 spec2 |
| gen. | move ahead | 捲く (three hours, etc.) |
| gen. | move ahead | 速まる (three hours, etc.) |
| gen. | move ahead | 早まる ichi1 news2 nf36 (three hours, etc.) |
| gen. | move ahead | 巻く ichi1 (three hours, etc.) |
| gen. | move along with the times | 時代と共に歩む |
| gen. | move around | 並べ替える |
| gen. | move around | 動き回る news2 nf30 |
| gen. | move aside | 除ける |
| gen. | move aside | 退ける ichi1 |
| gen. | move back | 下る io |
| gen. | move back | 退く ichi1 |
| gen. | move back | 斥く |
| gen. | move back | 下げる ichi1 news1 nf07 |
| gen. | move back | 下がる ichi1 news1 nf24 |
| gen. | move closer together | 詰める ichi1 (つめる) |
| comp., MS | Move Contact to | 連絡先の移動 (An item on the right-click menu for a contact that moves the selected contact to the contact group the user selects from a list) |
| gen. | move down | 繰下げる |
| gen. | move down | 繰り下げる news2 nf45 |
| gen. | move fast | 風を切る (against the wind) |
| obs. | move forward | 出ず |
| obs. | move forward | 出づ |
| gen. | move forward | 出る ichi1 news1 nf12 |
| comp., MS | move handle | 移動ハンドル (A handle that is displayed on some objects such as toolbars, tables, or on individual rows or columns, that allows the user to drag them to another location) |
| gen. | move heart | 心を動かす |
| gen. | move house | 超す ichi1 news2 nf30 |
| gen. | move house | 越す ichi1 news2 nf29 |
| gen. | n vs move in | 転入 news2 nf25 (to a new house) |
| gen. | move in a circle | 輪を描く |
| tech. | move in ratio | 転人率 (てんにゅうりつ) |
| gen. | move into gear | 調子に乗る |
| gen. | n move into low gear | シフト・ダウン |
| gen. | n move into low gear | シフトダウン |
| gen. | move into place | 移設 news2 nf37 (いせつ) |
| comp., MS | Move mode | フィールド ナビゲーション モード (The mode in which you can move columns in Datasheet view by using the left and right arrow keys) |
| gen. | move on to | 乗り替える (e.g. a new love interest) |
| gen. | move on to | 乗りかえる (e.g. a new love interest) |
| gen. | move on to | 乗り換える ichi1 news1 nf23 (e.g. a new love interest) |
| gen. | move on to the main subject | 本題に入る |
| gen. | move on to the next or different stage of | 遷す (a plan, etc.) |
| gen. | move on to the next or different stage of | 移す ichi1 news1 nf13 (a plan, etc., うつす) |
| gen. | move out | 空ける ichi1 |
| gen. | move out | 払う ichi1 news1 nf21 (of one's own place, はらう) |
| gen. | move out | 明ける ichi1 |
| gen. | move out | 開ける ichi1 |
| gen. | move out | 引払う io |
| gen. | move out | 引きはらう |
| gen. | move out | 引き払う news2 nf47 |
| tech. | move out ratio | 転出率 (てんしゅつりつ) |
| gen. | move over | 振替える |
| gen. | move over | 振りかえる |
| gen. | move over | 振り替える news2 nf39 |
| gen. | move right ahead | 捗が行く (with the work) |
| gen. | move right ahead | はかが行く (with the work) |
| gen. | move right ahead | 捗る ichi1 (with the work) |
| gen. | move someone to tears | 泣かす news2 nf29 |
| gen. | move someone to tears | 泣かせる news2 nf36 |
| gen. | move something into | 移し替える |
| gen. | move something into | 移しかえる |
| gen. | move something into | 移し換える esp. 移し変える |
| gen. | move something into | 移し変える |
| gen. | move stealthily | こそこそ ichi1 |
| gen. | n move that costs one the game | 敗着 |
| gen. | move to | 変る |
| gen. | move to | 変わる ichi1 news1 nf03 |
| gen. | move to a new location | 引移る |
| gen. | move to a new location | 引き移る |
| gen. | move to tears | 涙を誘う |
| comp. | move to the depths | 落ちる ichi1 news1 nf10 (おちる) |
| comp. | move to the depths | 墜ちる |
| comp. | move to the depths | 落る io |
| gen. | move to the depths | 堕ちる |
| gen. | move towards | 押寄せる |
| gen. | move towards | 押しよせる |
| gen. | move towards | 押し寄せる news2 nf26 |
| gen. | move troops forward | 軍を進める |
| gen. | move up | 繰上がる (e.g. date, rank, order) |
| gen. | move up | 繰り上げる news1 nf21 |
| gen. | move up | 早まる ichi1 news2 nf36 |
| gen. | move up | 速まる |
| gen. | move up | 繰り上がる news2 nf41 (e.g. date, rank, order) |
| gen. | move up | 繰上げる |
| gen. | move up | 捲く |
| gen. | move up | 繰り上る (e.g. date, rank, order) |
| gen. | move up | 繰上る (e.g. date, rank, order) |
| gen. | move up | 巻く ichi1 |
| gen. | move up to a higher grade | 上の級に進む |
| gen. | move up with class | 持ち上る |
| gen. | move up with class | 持上る |
| gen. | move up with class | 持上がる |
| gen. | move up with class | 持ち上がる news2 nf31 |
| gen. | n movement in China in 1957 to get people to move to the countryside | 下放運動 |
| gen. | n next move | 次の一手 |
| gen. | number of moves | 手数 ichi1 news2 nf30 (in go, shogi, etc.) |
| gen. | n on-the-move interview | ぶら下がり取材 |
| gen. | n opening move | 先 (さき) |
| gen. | n vs opening moves | 布石 news1 nf14 (ぬのいし) |
| gen. | exp people watching a game of go see 8 moves further ahead | 傍目八目 |
| gen. | exp people watching a game of go see 8 moves further ahead | 岡目八目 |
| gen. | n person with the first move | 先手 news1 nf12 |
| gen. | person with the second move | 後手 news1 nf15 (こうしゅ) |
| gen. | n poor move | 悪手 |
| gen. | in Okinawa portable shrine used to move a deceased from their house to the graveyard | 龕 |
| gen. | n potentially endless repetition of moves | 千日手 |
| gen. | n prohibited move | 禁手 |
| gen. | n prohibited move | 禁じ手 |
| gen. | put the moves on | 口説く news2 nf44 |
| prop.name | Puzzle Bobble, a.k.a. Bust-A-Move | パズルボブル (video game series) |
| gen. | n responding to an opponent's move without proper thought | 手拍子 news2 nf33 |
| gen. | second move | 後手 news1 nf15 (in go or shogi, こうしゅ) |
| gen. | n signature move | 得意技 (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.) |
| gen. | exp Sincerity can move heaven | 至誠天に通ず |
| gen. | situation in which a stone or chain of stones may be captured on the next move | 中り (in the game of go) |
| gen. | situation in which a stone or chain of stones may be captured on the next move | 中たり (in the game of go) |
| gen. | situation in which a stone or chain of stones may be captured on the next move | 当り ichi1 (in the game of go, あたり) |
| gen. | situation in which a stone or chain of stones may be captured on the next move | 当たり ichi1 news1 nf07 (in the game of go, あたり) |
| gen. | exp n situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward | 弁慶の立往生 |
| gen. | exp n situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward | 弁慶の立ち往生 |
| gen. | n special move | 絶技 (e.g. in martial arts) |
| gen. | special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style | 必殺技 |
| gen. | n spectacular move | 妙手 news2 nf40 spec2 (chess, shogi, etc.) |
| gen. | n standard move in shogi | 定跡 |
| gen. | start to move | 動きだす |
| gen. | start to move | 動き出す spec1 |
| gen. | stick into and move around | 抉る |
| gen. | n surprise move | 奇手 |
| gen. | v5m vi to be unable to move | 立ちすくむ |
| gen. | v5m vi to be unable to move | 竦む (e.g. from surprise) |
| gen. | v5m vi to be unable to move | 立ち竦む |
| gen. | n yoji trend to move away from rural areas | 離村傾向 |
| gen. | exp adj-i unable to move | 動きが取れない |
| gen. | n uppercut move in the Street Fighter video game series | 昇龍拳 |
| gen. | n uppercut move in the Street Fighter video game series | 昇竜拳 |
| gen. | n upward move | 繰上 |
| gen. | n upward move | 繰上げ (くりあげ) |
| gen. | n upward move | 繰り上げ news1 nf12 |
| gen. | exp yoji victory goes to the one who makes the first move | 先手必勝 |
| gen. | n waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything | 後出し (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock-paper-scissors) |
| gen. | winning move | 極め手 |
| gen. | n winning move | 勝着 (go, shogi) |
| gen. | winning move | 決め手 news1 nf09 |