| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | n-adv n-t every second | 毎秒 news2 nf27 |
| gen. | n adj-no every second month | 隔月 news1 nf23 |
| gen. | every second solar term | 中気 (occurring in the latter half of each month) |
| gen. | n-adv n-t every second year | 隔年 news2 nf26 |
| gen. | fight with every minute and every second | 分秒を争う |