| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | n yoji not even a hint of | 一分一厘 |
| gen. | adj-i black with hints of blue | 黝い (as in a bruise) |
| gen. | adj-i black with hints of blue | 蒼黒い (as in a bruise) |
| gen. | adj-i black with hints of blue | 青黒い (as in a bruise) |
| abbr. | book of hints | 攻略 news1 nf18 |
| gen. | n book of hints | 攻略本 |
| comp., MS | change hint | 変更箇所ガイド (A vertical bar in the margin of a document that shows where changes have been tracked and displays those changes when clicked) |
| comp., MS | comment hint | コメント箇所ガイド (A visual indicator that denotes the presence of a comment and opens the comment when clicked) |
| gen. | hint at | 掠める |
| gen. | hint at | 仄めかす ichi1 |
| gen. | hint at | 匂わせる |
| gen. | hint at something | 含みを持たせる |
| gen. | n no hint | ノー・ヒント (e.g. quiz questions where no clues are given) |
| gen. | n no hint | ノーヒント (e.g. quiz questions where no clues are given) |
| comp., MS | query hint | クエリ ヒント (A hint that specifies that the indicated hints should be used throughout the query. Query hints affect all operators in the statement) |
| comp., MS | root hints | ルート ヒント (DNS data stored on a DNS server that identifies the authoritative DNS servers for the root zone of the DNS namespace. The root hints are stored in the file Cache.dns, located in the systemroot\System32\Dns folder) |
| gen. | show hints of | 臭う ichi1 usu. 匂う |
| gen. | show hints of | 匂う ichi1 |
| gen. | exp there being no hint of ~~ | 気も無い |
| gen. | exp there being no hint of ~~ | 気もない |
| gen. | exp to be quick to take a hint | ツーと言えばカーだ |
| gen. | to indirectly hint at | ちらつかせる |