| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | n a subordinate | 属僚 (official) |
| gen. | n a subordinate | 属吏 (official) |
| gen. | exp yoji better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization | 鶏口牛後 |
| gen. | n vs commanding a subordinate | 下達 |
| obs. | n vs adj-no conveying the views of the subordinates to the rulers | 下達上通 |
| gen. | n vs conveying the views of the subordinates to the rulers | 上通 |
| gen. | n enshrined deity of a subordinate shrine | 裔神 |
| gen. | n enshrined deity of a subordinate shrine | 枝神 |
| gen. | n vs gift, esp. to subordinate | 賜与 |
| comp., MS | master/subordinate | マスター/従属 (Pertaining to an architecture in which one device (the primary device) controls one or more other devices (the secondary devices)) |
| comp. | n non-specific subordinate reference | 不特定下位参照 |
| slang | n person or organization esp. yakuza in charge of solving problems caused by subordinates | ケツ持ち |
| gen. | subordinate assertion | 従断定 |
| law | subordinate bankruptcy claim | 劣後的破産債権 |
| comp., MS | subordinate CA | 下位 CA (In a public key infrastructure (PKI) hierarchy, any certification authority that is not the root CA) |
| comp., MS | subordinate certification authority | 下位証明機関 (In a public key infrastructure (PKI) hierarchy, any certification authority that is not the root CA) |
| gen. | subordinate clause | 付属句 |
| ling. | n subordinate clause | 従属節 |
| ling. | subordinate clause | 副文 |
| ling. | n subordinate clause | 付属節 |
| gen. | n subordinate clause | 従節 (jūsetsu) |
| comp. | n subordinate dialogue | 下位ダイアログ |
| tech. | subordinate entrance | 内玄関 (うちげんかん) |
| gen. | subordinate form | 付属形式 |
| gen. | subordinate free carbon dioxide | 従属性遊離炭酸 |
| tech. | subordinate load | 従荷重 (じゅうかじゅう) |
| obs. | n subordinate of a hired thief-taker | 下っ引 (Edo period) |
| gen. | n subordinate offices or institutions | 下部機関 |
| gen. | n subordinate official | 属官 |
| gen. | n subordinate official | 下役 |
| gen. | n subordinate part | 下廻り |
| gen. | n subordinate part | 下回り news2 nf37 (したまわり) |
| gen. | n subordinate people | 隷属民 |
| gen. | n subordinate person | 部下 ichi1 news1 nf09 |
| gen. | subordinate phrase | 従属句 |
| gen. | n subordinate position | 下風 |
| gen. | n subordinate post | 下級職 |
| gen. | subordinate proposition | 従命題 |
| comp., MS | subordinate record | 下位レコード (A record, such as a contact, that you designate as subordinate to a master record) |
| comp. | n subordinate reference | 下位参照 |
| gen. | subordinate sentence | 従属文 |
| comp., MS | subordinate shape | 部下の図形 (In an organization chart, a shape that is placed below and connected to a superior (or manager) shape) |
| gen. | n obsc subordinate shrine | 枝宮 |
| gen. | n subordinate shrine | 末社 |
| gen. | n subordinate state | 隷属国 |
| comp. | n subordinate subtree | 下位部分木 |
| gen. | exp subordinate to | 従い |
| gen. | subordinate word | 付属的な語 |
| gen. | n subordinate work | 下働き news2 nf44 |
| phys. | subordinates series | 副系列 (ふくけいれつ) |
| gen. | substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases | の spec1 occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之 |
| gen. | n young leading subordinate in yakuza group | 若頭 |