| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | abrupt change of direction | トンボ返り |
| gen. | abrupt change of direction | 蜻蛉返り |
| gen. | abrupt change of direction | とんぼ帰り ik |
| gen. | abrupt change of direction | トンボ帰り ik |
| gen. | abrupt change of direction | とんぼ返り (とんぼがえり) |
| gen. | angle of eccentric direction | 偏心方向角 |
| gen. | n direction of a current | 水先 |
| auto.ctrl. | direction of action | 動作方向 |
| gen. | direction of angle measurement | 測角方向 |
| phys. | direction of easy magnetization | 磁化容易方向 (ぢか・ようい・ほうこう) |
| el. | direction of electric current | 電流の方向 |
| tech. | direction of force | 力の方向 (ちからのほうこう) |
| gen. | direction of groin | 水制の方向 |
| phys. | direction of hard magnetization | 磁化困難方向 (ぢか・こっなん・ほうこう) |
| gen. | direction of irrigation | 灌漑方向 |
| cables | direction of lay | 撚り方向 |
| pwr.lines. | direction of lay | より方向 |
| gen. | n direction of movement | 進行方向 (motion, しんこう・ほうこう) |
| antenn. | direction of polarization in a waveguide | 偏波方向 |
| tech. | direction of principal curvature | 主曲率方向 (しゅきょくりっほうこう) |
| gen. | direction of principal stress | 主応力方向 (しゅおうりょくほうこう) |
| radio | direction of propagation of energy | エネルギーの伝搬方向 |
| radio | direction of propagation of a wave | 伝搬方向 波の |
| math. | direction of propagation | 伝播方向 |
| antenn. | direction of propagation of energy in a transmission line | エネルギー伝搬方向 |
| tech. | direction of revolution | 回転方向 (かいてん・ほうこう) |
| el.mot. | direction of rotation | 回転方向 (かいてん・ほうこう) |
| gen. | direction of sediment motion | 流砂の方向 |
| gen. | direction of the company, policy | 方針 (ほうしん) |
| gen. | n direction of the loom or weave in a roll of fabric | 布目 news2 nf45 (nunome) |
| gen. | n direction of the wind | 風の向き |
| IMF. | Direction of Trade Statistics IMF-STA, publication not translated | IMF貿易統計 |
| IMF. | Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbook IMF, publication not translated | IMF貿易統計年鑑 |
| gen. | n direction of travel | 進行方向 (esp. train, しんこう・ほうこう) |
| gen. | n fragmentary view taken in the direction of an arrow | 矢視図 (やし・づ) |
| gen. | go in the direction of | 趨く |
| gen. | go in the direction of | 趣く |
| gen. | go in the direction of | 赴く |
| gen. | n God of unlucky directions | 金神 |
| gen. | n God of directions | 方位神 (generic terms referring to many different Gods) |
| gen. | goddess of lucky directions | 歳神 |
| gen. | goddess of lucky directions | 年神 |
| gen. | n goddess of lucky directions | 歳徳神 |
| semicond. | inverse direction of operation | 逆方向動作 |
| abbr. | n large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc. | カンペ |
| gen. | large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc. | カンニングペーパー |
| tech. | method of feasible directions | 可能方向法 (かのうほうこうほう) |
| gen. | n person with no sense of direction | 方向音痴 spec1 |
| gen. | period of refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth | 地 (in On'youdou, ぢ) |
| gen. | period of refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth | 土 ichi1 news1 nf04 (in On'youdou) |
| gen. | n sense of direction | 方向感覚 |
| gen. | n sense of direction | 方向観念 |
| obs. | suf suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc. | 方 |
| obs. | suf suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc. | 辺 (hen) |
| gen. | n the direction of Kyoto | 京方 |
| gen. | n the direction of the wind | 吹き回し |
| gen. | n the eight gods who preside over the lucky/unlucky directions of the koyomi for each year | 八将神 |
| gen. | n travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky | 中神 |
| abbr. | n travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky | 天一 |
| gen. | n travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky | 天一神 |
| obs. | wind blowing from the direction of one's home | 家風 |
| gen. | n wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade | 四方反りかんな |
| gen. | n wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade | 四方反かんな |
| gen. | n wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade | 四方反り鉋 |
| gen. | n wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade | 四方反鉋 |
| rel., budd. | n worlds of the ten directions | 十方世界 |