| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | exp uk all for the best | 善かれ |
| gen. | exp uk all for the best | 良かれ |
| gen. | exp all the best | 幸有れ |
| gen. | int all the best | 弥栄 |
| gen. | int all the best | 彌榮 oK |
| gen. | exp all the best | 幸あれ |
| gen. | adv uk at best | 精々 ichi1 |
| gen. | adv uk at best | 精精 |
| gen. | n-adv at the best | いいとこ |
| gen. | adv at best | 高高 |
| gen. | adv at best | 高々 news2 nf25 |
| gen. | n-adv at the best | いいところ |
| gen. | at best | どうせ ichi1 |
| gen. | n at its best | 食頃 |
| gen. | n at its best | 食い頃 |
| gen. | being best | 若かず |
| gen. | being best | 及かず |
| gen. | being best | 如かず |
| phys. | best approximation | 最良近似 (さいりょう・きんぢ) |
| gen. | n best article | 上玉 |
| gen. | n yoji best article under heaven | 天下一品 news2 nf43 |
| gen. | best available technology | 最善の処理技術 |
| gen. | n best before | 消費期限 |
| comp., MS | best before date | 賞味期限 (A recommended date for obtaining the optimum quality or characteristic of a product) |
| comp., MS | best before period | 賞味期間 (The time period in which to obtain the optimum quality or characteristic of a product) |
| gen. | n best-before period | 賞味期間 (e.g. foodstuffs) |
| comp., MS | Best Bet | 最善の策 (Content or links that an administrator associates with specific keywords, and that are displayed prominently in search results when a query contains one of those keywords) |
| gen. | n best bet for the title | 優勝候補 |
| comp., MS | Best Bet Suggestions report | おすすめコンテンツ推奨レポート (A Web analytics report that identifies terms that should become Best Bets) |
| comp., MS | Best Bet Usage report | おすすめコンテンツ利用状況レポート (A Web analytics report that identifies the Best Bet terms and how they are utilized by the system) |
| gen. | n best binding | 上製本 |
| gen. | adj-na n taking best care | 専一 |
| slang | one's best clothes esp. for women, normally put aside for important meetings, dates, etc. | 勝負服 |
| gen. | n best condition | ベスト・コンディション |
| gen. | n best condition | ベストコンディション |
| gen. | one's best days | 盛り ichi1 news1 nf09 ざかり when used as a suffix |
| org.name. | Best Denki Co. Ltd. | ベスト電器 |
| gen. | n best residential district | １等地 (in town) |
| gen. | n best residential district | 一等地 (in town) |
| gen. | n best dresser | ベスト・ドレッサー |
| gen. | n best dresser | ベストドレッサー |
| comp. | n best effort | ベスト・エフォート |
| comp. | n best effort | ベストエフォート |
| gen. | n one's best effort | 精いっぱい |
| gen. | n one's best effort | 精一杯 ichi1 |
| comp. | n best effort type | ベストエフォート型 |
| gen. | n adj-no best ever | 過去最高 |
| gen. | n yoji best ever | 古今無類 |
| gen. | n one's best form | 完調 news2 nf47 |
| gen. | n best friend | 大親友 |
| gen. | n best friend | ベスト・フレンド |
| gen. | n best friend | ベストフレンド |
| gen. | exp best friends | 莫逆の友 |
| gen. | best gliding speed | 最良滑空速度 (さいりょう・かっくう・そくど) |
| gen. | best hydraulic cross-section | 水理上有利な断面 |
| gen. | n best if eaten by this date | 賞味期限 |
| gen. | n adj-no best in all of America | 全米一 |
| gen. | n-adv n-t best in the world | 世界一 news1 nf08 |
| gen. | n one's best interests | 身の為 |
| gen. | n one's best interests | 身のため |
| gen. | best item one has | 一枚看板 news2 nf48 (to show) |
| gen. | n best man | 付き添役 (at a wedding) |
| gen. | n best man | 付き添い役 (at a wedding) |
| gen. | n best man | 介添え人 |
| gen. | n best man | 付添役 (at a wedding) |
| gen. | n best man | 介添人 |
| gen. | exp n best medicine | 百薬の長 |
| gen. | n best member | ベスト・メンバー |
| gen. | n best member | ベストメンバー |
| gen. | n best of album | ベスト盤 |
| gen. | n best ... of one's life | 人生最良 |
| gen. | int best of luck | 彌榮 oK |
| gen. | int best of luck | 弥栄 |
| gen. | exp n best of the best | プロ中のプロ |
| comp., MS | Best of Web | ベストウェブ (A curated list feature that highlights interesting and noteworthy web sites) |
| gen. | n best on earth | 天下一 |
| gen. | exp adj-i best one could ask for | 願っても無い |
| gen. | exp adj-i best one could ask for | 願ってもない |
| gen. | n best part | 佳境 news2 nf36 spec2 |
| gen. | n best part | 圧観 ik |
| gen. | n best part | 圧巻 news1 nf22 |
| gen. | n best photograph | ベスト・ショット |
| gen. | n best photograph | ベストショット |
| gen. | n adj-no best place | 本場 ichi1 news1 nf12 |
| gen. | n best policy | 上策 |
| gen. | n best policy | 上計 |
| comp., MS | best practice | ベスト プラクティス (A practice recognized and advocated as an effective or efficient means of achieving desired objectives) |
| comp., MS | best practice rule | ベスト プラクティス ルール (A rule that is optionally enforced after compilation in X++. The rules represent safe or consistent code design) |
| IMF. | best practices | ベスト・プラクティス |
| gen. | exp best practices | 最善の措置 |
| comp., MS | Best Practices Analyzer | ベスト プラクティス アナライザー (A tool which examines a system configuration and the settings against a set of pre-defined rules to generate a list of issues outlining any best practice violations it finds) |
| gen. | n best pupil | 高弟 |
| gen. | n adj-no best qualified person | 最適任者 |
| tech. | best quality brick | 上焼煉瓦 (じょうやきれんが) |
| gen. | n adj-no best quality goods | Ａ１ |
| comp., MS | Best rated | 高評価 (A category in Store that lists the highest rated apps/games at a given point in time) |
| gen. | n adj-no best highest record | 最高記録 |
| gen. | exp best regards | よろぴく variant of よろしく |
| gen. | exp best regards | ヨロピク |
| gen. | best regards | 宜敷く ateji |
| gen. | best regards | 夜露死苦 ateji 夜露死苦 is slang |
| gen. | exp adv uk best regards | 宜しゅう |
| gen. | best regards | 宜しく ichi1 |
| gen. | n best-seller | ベストセラー gai1 |
| gen. | n best shot | ベスト・ショット |
| gen. | n best shot | ベストショット |
| gen. | n best student | 高足 |
| gen. | n best ten | ベストテン gai1 |
| gen. | n best time | ベスト・タイム |
| gen. | n best time | ベストタイム |
| gen. | n best time for | 出盛り (corn, etc.) |
| gen. | n best time for | 最盛期 news1 nf15 (さいせいき) |
| gen. | n best time to see | 見ごろ |
| gen. | n best time to see | 見頃 |
| gen. | n best type | ベスト・タイプ |
| gen. | n best type | ベストタイプ |
| gen. | n best wishes | 壽 oK |
| gen. | n best wishes | 寿 news1 nf06 |
| gen. | adj-na n best work | 傑作 ichi1 news1 nf13 (けっさく) |
| gen. | exp obsc business is best run when sales flow like a cow's drool: long and thin | 商いは牛の涎 |
| gen. | exp obsc business is best run when sales flow like a cow's drool: long and thin | 商いは牛のよだれ |
| proverb | exp Caution is the best policy | 用心するに如くはない |
| gen. | choose the best | 選りすぐる |
| gen. | do best | 出し切る news2 nf44 |
| gen. | do best | 極力勉める |
| gen. | do best | 極力努める |
| gen. | do best | 最善を尽くす |
| gen. | do best | 極力つとめる |
| gen. | do best | 頑張る ateji ichi1 news1 nf23 |
| gen. | do something to the best of ability | 腕に縒りをかける |
| gen. | do something to the best of ability | 腕によりをかける |
| gen. | do something to the best of ability | 腕に縒をかける |
| gen. | do something to the best of ability | 腕に縒を掛ける |
| gen. | do something to the best of ability | 腕に縒りを掛ける |
| gen. | do something to the best of ability | 腕によりを掛ける |
| gen. | do something to the best of ability | 最善を尽くす |
| abbr. | int do your best | ファイト gai1 |
| gen. | exp uk do your best | 頑張れ |
| gen. | doing one's best | しゃっちょこ立ち |
| gen. | doing one's best | 鯱立ち |
| gen. | doing something to the best of one's ability | しゃっちょこ立ち |
| gen. | doing something to the best of one's ability | 鯱立ち |
| gen. | adv uk even at the best of times | 唯でさえ |
| gen. | exp every man knows his own business best | もちはもち屋 |
| gen. | exp every man knows his own business best | 餅は餅屋 |
| gen. | exp every man knows his own business best | 餠は餠屋 |
| gen. | exp experience is the best teacher | 習うより慣れよ |
| gen. | exp experience is the best teacher | 習うより慣れろ |
| gen. | n adj-no uk abbr sl far and away the best | 断トツ from 断然 + トップ (だんとつ) |
| abbr. | exp from the best to the worst | ピンキリ |
| gen. | exp from the best to the worst | ピンからキリまで |
| gen. | int give it your best shot! | 頑張ろう |
| gen. | exp Honesty is the best policy | 正直は一生の宝 |
| gen. | exp Honesty is the best policy | 正直の頭に神宿る |
| gen. | n-suf n hundred best | 百撰 oK |
| gen. | n-suf n hundred best | 百選 news2 nf36 |
| gen. | exp Hunger is the best sauce | 空腹は最上のソースである |
| gen. | exp it is best to | に超したことはない |
| gen. | exp it is best to | に越したことはない |
| gen. | exp uk it would be best to ... | 好かろう |
| gen. | exp uk it would be best to ... | 善かろう |
| gen. | exp uk it would be best to ... | 良かろう |
| gen. | n adj-no Japan's best | 日本一 news1 nf06 |
| gen. | n large garden best enjoyed by walking around it | 回遊式庭園 (かいゆうしきていえん) |
| gen. | n last part of a race or period of time where you give it your best effort | ラスト・スパート |
| gen. | n last part of a race or period of time where you give it your best effort | ラストスパート gai1 |
| gen. | exp v5r-i Leftovers are the best of all | 余り物に福が有る |
| gen. | exp v5r-i Leftovers are the best of all | 余り物に福がある |
| gen. | line of best fit | 最良のあてはめ線 |
| gen. | make best effort | 身が入る |
| gen. | n vs yoji making one's best exertions | 紛骨砕身 ik |
| gen. | n vs yoji making one's best exertions | 粉骨砕身 |
| gen. | n vs making best of | 善処 news2 nf27 |
| gen. | exp Money is the best lawyer in hell | 地獄の沙汰も金次第 |
| gen. | n adj-no one of the best | 屈指 news1 nf14 |
| gen. | exp one should go to specialists for the best results | もちはもち屋 |
| gen. | exp one should go to specialists for the best results | 餅は餅屋 |
| gen. | exp one should go to specialists for the best results | 餠は餠屋 |
| gen. | exp n vs picking the best of both | 良いとこどり (everything) |
| gen. | exp n vs picking the best of both | 良い所取り (everything) |
| gen. | exp n vs picking the best of both | 好いとこ取り (everything) |
| gen. | exp n vs uk picking the best of both | いいとこ取り (everything) |
| gen. | exp n vs picking the best of both | よいとこ取り (everything) |
| gen. | exp n vs picking the best of both | 良いとこ取り (everything) |
| gen. | exp sake is the best of all medicines | 酒は百薬の長 |
| gen. | n second best | セカンドベスト |
| gen. | n second best | セカンド・ベスト |
| gen. | n adj-no second best | 次善 news2 nf29 |
| gen. | show oneself at best | 本領を発揮 |
| gen. | n small garden best enjoyed while sitting at a fixed viewing point | 座観式庭園 |
| gen. | one's sole Sunday best | 一枚看板 news2 nf48 |
| gen. | n Sunday best | 晴着 (clothes) |
| gen. | n Sunday best | 晴れ着 news2 nf32 (clothes) |
| gen. | take the best part | 美味しいところを持っていく |
| gen. | take the best part | おいしい所を持っていく |
| gen. | take the best part | 美味しい所を持っていく |
| gen. | take the best part | おいしいところを持っていく |
| gen. | adj-na n adj-no the best | 上上 |
| gen. | adj-na n adj-no the best | 上乗 |
| gen. | exp the best | この上ない |
| gen. | exp the best | 此の上無い |
| gen. | n the best | 白眉 |
| gen. | adj-na n adj-no the best | 極上 news2 nf42 spec2 (ごくじょう) |
| gen. | adj-na n the best | 最良 news1 nf16 |
| gen. | adj-na n adj-no the best | 上々 news1 nf13 |
| gen. | n adj-na the best | 粋 ichi1 news1 nf22 いき is also written as 意気 |
| gen. | n adj-no the best | 一等 |
| gen. | n adj-no the best | １等 ichi1 news1 nf11 |
| gen. | n adj-no yoji the best in the land | 天下第一 |
| gen. | n adj-no yoji the best of its kind in the country | 天下第一 |
| titles | The Best of J. G. Ballard | ザベストオブＪＧバラード (book) |
| gen. | n the best one can do | 精いっぱい |
| gen. | the best one can do | 一杯一杯 |
| gen. | n the best one can do | 精一杯 ichi1 |
| gen. | n the best policy | 最善の策 (measure) |
| gen. | exp v1 the best policy is to keep your head down | 出る杭は打たれる |
| gen. | n the one's best pupil | 一番弟子 |
| gen. | n yoji the best way to cope with meet the situation | 善後措置 |
| gen. | n yoji the best way to cope with meet the situation | 善後対策 |
| gen. | n yoji the best way to cope with meet the situation | 善後処置 |
| proverb | exp The parent is the best judge of the child | 子を見る事親に如かず |
| proverb | exp The parent is the best judge of the child | 子を見ること親に如かず |
| gen. | adj-no n the very best | えり抜き |
| gen. | n the very best | 最善 news1 nf11 |
| gen. | adj-no n the very best | 選り抜き (えりぬき) |
| gen. | adj-no n the very best | より抜き |
| gen. | n adj-no uk abbr sl the very best | 断トツ from 断然 + トップ (だんとつ) |
| gen. | exp v5k to be by far the best | 一頭地を抜く |
| gen. | v1 vi to be by far the best | ずば抜ける |
| gen. | exp v5u to be one of the best | 一二を争う |
| gen. | exp v5k to be the best by far | 群を抜く |
| gen. | to be the best for A | 止めを刺す |
| gen. | to be the best for A | とどめを刺す |
| gen. | exp v1 to be used to eating the best | 口が肥える |
| gen. | exp adj-no to the best of one's abilities | あたう限り |
| gen. | exp adj-no to the best of one's abilities | 能う限り |
| gen. | adv to the best of one's ability | 努めて ichi1 |
| gen. | adv to the best of one's ability | 勉めて |
| gen. | adv to the best of one's ability | 力めて |
| gen. | to the best of one's ability | 限り ichi1 news1 nf11 (かぎり) |
| gen. | n-adv to the best of one's ability | 精一杯 ichi1 |
| gen. | n-adv to the best of one's ability | 精いっぱい |
| gen. | adv to the best of one's ability | 極力 news1 nf22 |
| gen. | adv to the best of my ability, poor though it be | 及ばず乍ら |
| gen. | adv to the best of my ability, poor though it be | 及ばずながら |
| gen. | n vs yoji try one's best | 奮闘努力 |
| gen. | n adj-na adj-no very best quality | 最優良 |
| comp., MS | Visual Best Bet | ビジュアルおすすめコンテンツ (A Best Bet that can contain rich visual data, such as a video, image, or piece of HTML code, in addition to text or links) |
| gen. | exp adj-ix what's the best thing to do? | どうしたらいい |
| gen. | exp adj-i uk what's the best thing to do? | どうしたら良い |
| gen. | adv with the best of them | 誰にも adv equivalent of 誰も |
| gen. | adv with the best of them | 劣らず |
| gen. | exp adj-i With the best will in the world, you can't say that it's good | お世辞にもうまいとはいえない |
| gen. | exp adj-i With the best will in the world, you can't say that it's good | お世辞にもうまいとは言えない |
| gen. | exp wives and tatami are best when they're new | 女房と畳は新しい方がよい |
| gen. | exp wives and tatami are best when they're new | 女房と畳は新しい方が良い |
| gen. | exp wives and tatami are best when they're new | 女房と畳は新しいほうがいい |
| gen. | exp wives and tatami are best when they're new | 女房と畳は新しい方がいい |
| gen. | exp you learn best by doing | 習うより慣れよ |
| gen. | exp you learn best by doing | 習うより慣れろ |