| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | n a crowd or large number of one's retainers or subjects | 群臣 |
| gen. | n yoji having, there being a great number of books | 汗牛充棟 |
| gen. | exp a large number of people | 幾人もの |
| gen. | n yoji a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation | 舳艫千里 |
| gen. | n adj-no a number of | 幾許 (いくばく) |
| IMF. | a number of | 複数の |
| gen. | pref a number of | 数 ichi1 (sū) |
| gen. | n adj-no a number of | 若干 ichi1 news1 nf08 (じゃっかん) |
| gen. | n a number of days | 日数 ichi1 news1 nf10 |
| gen. | n a number of interesting stories | 談藪 |
| gen. | n a number of interesting stories | 談叢 |
| gen. | n-t a number of months | 累月 |
| gen. | n vs yoji a number of powerful talented, influential persons standing by themselves in a given field | 群雄割拠 news2 nf43 |
| gen. | adv adj-no a number of times | 何回も |
| gen. | n actual number of people | 実員 |
| gen. | n aging population combined with the diminishing number of children | 少子高齢化 |
| gen. | adv uk any number of | 幾つでも |
| gen. | exp any number of people | 幾人でも |
| gen. | exp any number of people | 幾人もの |
| gen. | exp any number of people | 何人でも |
| gen. | n any number of times | 何度でも |
| gen. | n any of a number of lists of three enlightened men, including but not limited to: Buddha, Confucius and Christ | 三聖 |
| gen. | n any of a number of respectful terms written after the addressee's name in a formal letter | 脇付 |
| gen. | n any of a number of secret societies of ancient China | 会党 (often opposed to the government) |
| gen. | n any of a number of sets of thirty-three holy places enshrining Avalokitesvara | 三十三所 (esp. those comprising a popular pilgrimage in the Kinki region) |
| gen. | n arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry | 獺祭 |
| tech. | average number of storey | 平均階数 (へいきんかいすう) |
| tech. | average story number of dwelling houses | 住宅の平均階数 (じゅうたくのへいきんかいすう) |
| gen. | n book containing a number of interesting stories | 談藪 |
| gen. | n book containing a number of interesting stories | 談叢 |
| tech. | clearness number of sky | 天空の清澄率 (てんくうのせいちょうりつ) |
| tech. | clearness number of sky | 天空の清澄度 (てんくうのせいちょうど) |
| gen. | concept of number | 単位観 |
| gen. | n consecutive number of or total volumes | 通巻 news2 nf42 |
| tech. | counting method of individual number of organisms | 固体数測定法 (こたいすうそくていほう) |
| gen. | crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together | 集合犯 (i.e. insurrection) |
| gen. | n crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together | 集団犯 (i.e. insurrection) |
| gen. | n vs decrease in the number of children | 少子化 |
| gen. | n decreasing the number of stitches | 減らし目 (knitting) |
| baseb. | n distance in the standings between two teams expressed as the difference in number of games won or lost | ゲーム差 |
| gen. | n yoji distribution of the number of parliamentary seats held by each of the political parties | 勢力分野 |
| inf. | n expression indicating a high number of deaths from traffic accidents | 交通戦争 |
| gen. | exp adj-f obsc extending over a number of years | 幾年にも渡る |
| gen. | exp adj-f obsc extending over a number of years | 幾年にも亙る |
| gen. | exp adj-f obsc extending over a number of years | 幾年にも亘る |
| gen. | exp adj-f obsc extending over a number of years | 幾年にもわたる |
| gen. | n fixed number of regular personnel | 定員 ichi1 news1 nf04 (teiin) |
| gen. | exp for a number of minutes | 数分間 |
| gen. | exp uk for a number of reasons | 色々あって spec1 |
| gen. | n yoji general term for the large number of scholars and controversialists, and their respective schools, that flourished during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period | 諸子百家 |
| sumo. | n grand champion filling the rank of champion to keep their number at 2 | 横綱大関 |
| gen. | n great number of | 千千 |
| gen. | adj-no uk great number of | 幾つも |
| rel., budd. | great number of faults or defects | 七難 |
| gen. | n adj-no great number of people | 大ぜい |
| gen. | n adj-no great number of people | 大勢 ichi1 news1 nf04 |
| gen. | great number of soldiers | 大兵 |
| gen. | n highest score or grade or number of points | 最高点 (さいこうてん) |
| gen. | n hiring a number of geisha for an entertainment | 総揚げ (そうあげ) |
| gen. | n increase in the number of beds | 増床 (in a hospital, etc.) |
| gen. | n vs increase in the number of flights | 増便 news2 nf33 |
| gen. | n vs increase in the number of vehicles, trains, etc. | 増車 |
| gen. | n vs increase the number of personnel | 増員 news1 nf14 |
| gen. | n vs increase the number of trains in operation | 増発 news1 nf24 |
| gen. | n increasing the number of stitches | 増し目 (knitting) |
| tech. | index number of building cost | 建築費指数 (けんちくひしすう) |
| gen. | index number of industrial production | 鉱工業生産指数 (こうこうぎょうせいさんしすう) |
| gen. | indicates the number of horses or oxen drawing a carriage | 立て |
| gen. | indicates the number of items or methods used | 立て |
| gen. | indicates the number of movies, plays, etc. comprising a single program | 立て |
| gen. | indicates the number of oars on a boat | 立て |
| abbr. | n irregular conjugation inflection, declension of a limited number of verbs ending in "ru" | ラ変 (in written Japanese) |
| gen. | n irregular conjugation inflection, declension of a limited number of verbs ending in "ru" | ラ行変格活用 (in written Japanese) |
| gen. | n-adv adj-no large number of | 数数 |
| gen. | n-adv adj-no large number of | 数々 news1 nf07 |
| gen. | n large number of deaths | 大量死 |
| gen. | n large number of items | 何百個 |
| gen. | n large number of people | 諸諸 |
| gen. | n large number of people | 多人数 news2 nf35 |
| gen. | n large number of people | 大人数 |
| gen. | n large number of people | 諸々 news2 nf43 |
| gen. | large number of people plotting and doing evil | 百鬼夜行 |
| gen. | n large number of priests | 僧衆 |
| gen. | n last two figures of a number | 下二桁 |
| tech. | main number of lot | 親地番 (おやちばん) |
| gen. | n yoji merely knowing the meanings of a large number of individual words | 字引学問 |
| gen. | n minimum number of votes required to elect a candidate | 法定得票数 |
| tech. | most probable number of coliform bacteria | 大腸菌群最確数 (だいちょうきんぐんさいかくすう) |
| gen. | number of active grains | 作用砥粒数 |
| construct. | number of air change | 換気回数 (かんき・かいすう) |
| tech. | number of air changes | 換気回数 (かんき・かいすう) |
| gen. | n number of animals | 頭数 |
| gen. | n number of articles | 箇数 |
| gen. | n number of articles | 品数 news2 nf32 |
| gen. | n number of articles | 個数 news2 nf32 (こすう) |
| gen. | n number of babies born | 出生数 |
| gen. | n number of births | 出生数 |
| gen. | n number of births | 出産数 (including stillbirths) |
| gen. | n number of blows | 打撃数 (used in measuring the b.p.m. of an air hammer, etc.) |
| gen. | n number of books | 冊数 news2 nf34 |
| gen. | number of cases | 症例数 |
| gen. | n number of cases | 例数 |
| gen. | n number of characters | 文字数 |
| gen. | n number of characters | 字詰め news1 nf15 |
| gen. | n number of characters or letters | 字数 news1 nf23 |
| gen. | number of clear days | 快晴日数 (かいせいにっすう) |
| gen. | number of cloudy days | 曇天日数 |
| construct. | number of coats | 塗り回数 (ぬり・かいすう) |
| gen. | n number of colors | 色数 |
| gen. | number of compaction | 転圧回数 |
| gen. | n number of copies printed | 発行部数 (はっこうぶすう) |
| gen. | n number of crimes | 罪数 |
| gen. | number of customers | 給水戸数 (きゅうすいこすう) |
| gen. | number of cycles to failure | 破壊繰返し数 |
| gen. | n number of days old | 日齢 |
| gen. | n number of days times one has attended | 出席日数 |
| gen. | number of days partly cloudy | 晴天日数 |
| gen. | n number of days since the new moon | 月齢 (げつれい) |
| gen. | n number of days spent in hospital | 在院日数 |
| gen. | number of death | 死亡数 (しぼうすう) |
| gen. | n number of deaths | 死亡数 (しぼうすう) |
| comp. | n number of decimal places | 小数点以下の桁数 |
| gen. | number of dependents | 口数 ichi1 news2 nf27 (words, shares, accounts, くちかず) |
| gen. | n number of dialectal versions of a word | 方言量 |
| gen. | n number of digits or characters | 桁数 |
| gen. | n number of divisions | 目数 |
| gen. | number of dry days | 無降雨日数 |
| comp. | n number of elements | 要素数 (e.g. in a matrix) |
| metrol. | number of entities | 単位の数 |
| comp., MS | number of events | イベント数 (In consolidated events, how many events are in the group and therefore related to the same root problem) |
| gen. | n number of events | 件数 news1 nf06 (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page) |
| gen. | number of experiment | 例数 |
| gen. | number of farm household | 農家戸数 |
| tech. | number of fire | 火災度数 (かさいどすう) |
| gen. | n number of flight hours | 飛行時間 (hikō-jikan) |
| abbr. | n number of generations | 代数 (e.g. in imperial succession) |
| gen. | n number of hits | 命中数 |
| gen. | n n-suf number of hours | 時数 |
| gen. | number of hours worked | 出勤時間 |
| gen. | n number of households | 世帯数 news2 nf29 |
| gen. | n number of households | 戸数 news1 nf12 (houses) |
| gen. | n number of houses | 軒数 |
| tech. | number of houses supplied | 給水戸数 (きゅうすいこすう) |
| gen. | n number of individuals | 個体数 |
| transf. | number of inherent tapping positions | 固有タッピング位置数 |
| gen. | n number of items | 点数 ichi1 news1 nf10 |
| gen. | n number of items, etc. in a total | 内数 |
| construct. | number of key combinations | 鍵違い数 (かぎ・ちがい・すう) |
| gen. | number of lanes | 車線数 |
| gen. | n number of large objects such as cars, computers, etc. | 台数 |
| gen. | n number of letters | 文字数 |
| gen. | number of leukocyte | 白血球数 |
| gen. | n number of lines | 行数 |
| gen. | n number of long thin objects | 本数 news1 nf17 (programmes movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) |
| tech. | number of lot | 地番 (ちばん) |
| tech. | number of motor vehicle holdings | 自動車保有台数 (じどうしゃほゆうだいすう) |
| gen. | number of moves | 手数 ichi1 news2 nf30 (in go, shogi, etc.) |
| tech. | number of natural draft | 自然換気回数 (しぜんかんきかいすう) |
| tech. | number of natural ventilation | 自然換気回数 (しぜんかんきかいすう) |
| gen. | n number of nights | 幾夜 |
| gen. | n number of nights staying in accommodation | 宿泊数 |
| comp. | n number of occurrences | 出現回数 |
| gen. | n number of pages | 頁数 |
| gen. | n number of pages | 紙数 |
| gen. | n number of pages | ページ数 |
| gen. | n number of pages | 丁数 |
| gen. | n number of people | いく人 |
| gen. | n number of people | 名数 (meisū) |
| gen. | n number of people | 幾人 |
| gen. | n number of people, items, etc. | 口数 (くちかず) |
| gen. | n number of people to be admitted or accepted | 募集人員 |
| gen. | n number of persons | 頭数 news2 nf25 |
| gen. | n number of persons | 人員 news1 nf05 (ぢん’いん) |
| light. | number of photons | 光子数 |
| gen. | n number of phrases | 文節数 |
| gen. | number of pips visible after a throw of the dice | 出目 |
| gen. | number of plot | 地区数 |
| gen. | exp n number of possible outcomes | 場合の数 |
| gen. | number of punches | 手数 ichi1 news2 nf30 (in boxing) |
| gen. | n number of pupils | 生徒数 |
| gen. | number of reels | 巻数 (makisū) |
| phys. | number of revolution | 回転数 (kaitensū) |
| tech. | number of revolutions | 回転数 (kaitensū) |
| gen. | n number of revolutions | 回転数 (i.e. as an engine speed, kaitensū) |
| gen. | number of rolling coverage | 転圧回数 |
| gen. | n number of rooms | 間数 |
| gen. | n number of rotations | 回転数 (kaitensū) |
| gen. | number of scrolls | 巻数 (makisū) |
| gen. | number of service connections | 給水件数 |
| transf. | number of service tapping positions | 供用タッピング位置数 |
| gen. | number of setｓ | ユニット数 |
| telegr. | number of significant conditions | 有意状態の数 |
| el. | number of significant conditions | 有意状態数 |
| gen. | n number of soldiers | 兵数 |
| gen. | n number of stairs or stories | 階数 (storeys, かいす) |
| gen. | n number of steps | 歩数 news2 nf30 |
| construct. | number of storeys | 階数 (かいす) |
| construct. | number of storeys | ...階建て (かい・だて) |
| tech. | number of stories | 階数 (かいす) |
| gen. | n number of straw bags | 俵数 |
| gen. | number of strips | コース数写、 しゃ |
| gen. | n number of strokes in character | 字画 ichi1 |
| gen. | n number of subscribers | 読者数 (e.g. to a magazine) |
| gen. | n number of syllabic sounds in a language | 音数 |
| gen. | n number of tatami | 畳数 (mats) |
| gen. | n Number of the Beast | 獣の数字 (i.e. 666) |
| gen. | number of theoretical plates | 理論段数 (riron-dansū) |
| gen. | n number of times | 度数 news1 nf22 (どすう) |
| gen. | n number of times | 数次 news1 nf13 |
| gen. | ctr number of times | 遍 |
| gen. | n number of times | 回数 ichi1 news1 nf05 |
| gen. | number of transfer units | 伝熱ユニット数 |
| phys. | number of turns | 巻数 (makisū) |
| gen. | number of turns | 巻数 (of a coil, makisū) |
| gen. | number of volumes | 巻数 (makisū) |
| gen. | n number of votes obtained | 得票数 (polled) |
| gen. | n vs number of votes polled | 得票 news1 nf04 |
| gen. | exp n number of ways | 場合の数 (e.g. of arranging something) |
| gen. | n number of ways | 幾通り |
| gen. | n number of words | 言葉数 |
| gen. | n number of words | 語数 news2 nf47 |
| gen. | n number of words a person speaks | 口数 ichi1 news2 nf27 (くちかず) |
| gen. | n-t number of years | 幾年 |
| gen. | n-t number of years | 幾歳 |
| gen. | n number of years | 暦数 |
| gen. | n number of years | 年数 news1 nf13 |
| gen. | n adj-no number one in all of America | 全米一 |
| gen. | n number or size of periodicals or pictures | 号数 news2 nf46 |
| gen. | n place where one can view a vast number of cherry blossom trees at a glance | 一目千本 esp. 吉野山 in Nara |
| gen. | n proportional representation system in which both party and individual votes are cast, seats are distributed amongst parties by proportion of vote obtained, and candidates are elected in descending order of number of votes obtained | 非拘束名簿式比例代表制 |
| gen. | n vs reducing the number of mouths | 口べらし |
| gen. | n vs reducing the number of mouths | 口減らし |
| gen. | n vs reduction in the number of vehicles, carriages, etc. | 減車 |
| gen. | n restrictions on the number of kanji recognized for usage | 漢字制限 (recognised) |
| gen. | n salary supplement, e.g. for work performed at inconvenient times or as overtime allowance usually for so-called exempt workers, i.e. workers who are expected to work a certain number of overtime hours | 割り増し手当 |
| gen. | n salary supplement, e.g. for work performed at inconvenient times or as overtime allowance usually for so-called exempt workers, i.e. workers who are expected to work a certain number of overtime hours | 割増手当 (わりましてあて) |
| gen. | n single crime that naturally consists of a number of incidences and is charged as only one count | 集合犯 (i.e. habitual gambling) |
| gen. | exp small number of people | 若干名 |
| gen. | n adj-no small number of people | 少人数 |
| gen. | n small number of people | 小人数 news2 nf27 |
| phys. | space of real number | 実数空間 (ぢっすう・くうかん) |
| tech. | standard number of air change | 標準換気回数 (ひょうぢゅん・かんき・かいすう) |
| tech. | sub-number of lot | 枝地番 (えだちばん) |
| gen. | n yoji the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa | 八百八橋 (present-day Osaka) |
| gen. | n yoji the large number of temples in Kyoto | 八百八寺 |
| gen. | the number at the start of phrases referring to well known 'somethings', equiv. to 'seven' in "the seven wonders of the world" | 名数 (meisū) |
| gen. | n the number of days | 日にち |
| gen. | n the number of days | 日日 ichi1 news1 nf23 |
| gen. | n the number of flat things | 枚数 ichi1 news1 nf13 |
| rel., budd. | n the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions | 百八 |
| gen. | n the number of people | 人数 ichi1 news1 nf06 |
| gen. | n the number of people | 人頭 |
| law | total number of authorized shares | 発行可能株式総数 |
| law | total number of authorized shares in a class | 発行可能種類株式総数 |
| comp. | n total number of discarded cells | 総廃棄セル数 |
| gen. | n total number of pages | 全頁 |
| gen. | n total number of trainees | 延べ受講者数 |
| gen. | n total number of votes cast | 投票総数 |
| gen. | n total number of words used | 延べ語数 (in a text) |
| gen. | n winning hand consisting of one kong of 1's, one kong of 9's and one tile each of every other number, plus one more suited tile, all in the same suit | 九連宝灯 |