| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | n vs yoji biding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourish | 雌伏雄飛 |
| gen. | cradle used on a slipway for launch or repair of small ships | 船架 (senka) |
| comp., MS | Early Launch Antimalware driver | 起動時マルウェア対策ドライバー (An antimalware driver that loads early in the boot process, to evaluate the safety of the other drivers being loaded. Based on a comparison against historical data for those drivers, the antimalware driver returns information to the kernel, which makes initialization decisions for each driver) |
| comp., MS | early-launch boot driver | 起動時ブート ドライバー (An antimalware driver that loads early in the boot process, to evaluate the safety of the other drivers being loaded. Based on a comparison against historical data for those drivers, the antimalware driver returns information to the kernel, which makes initialization decisions for each driver) |
| gen. | launch an attack | 擲り込む |
| gen. | launch an attack | 殴り込む |
| gen. | n launch impact | 登場感 |
| gen. | n launch impression | 登場感 (e.g. of new product in advertising) |
| antenn., opt. | launch numerical aperture | 励振開口数 |
| gen. | launch oneself upon | 打って出る |
| gen. | n book launch party | 出版記念パーティー |
| gen. | n launch site | 発射場 (e.g. for rockets, missiles, etc., hasshajō) |
| gen. | n launch site | 打ち上げ場 |
| comp. | n launch time | 立上がり時間 |
| gen. | launch vehicle | 宇宙ロケット (uchū-roketto) |
| comp., MS | Product Evaluation Post Launch | 発売後の製品評価 (A template that will walk you through key areas of evaluating a product's performance after it has been placed in the marketplace) |
| comp., MS | Quick Launch | クイック起動 (A customizable area of the taskbar, which by default is displayed to the right of the Start button. It contains icons you can click to open programs, such as Windows Explorer or Outlook Express, or to show the desktop. You can add or remove icons to it and move it to a different area of the taskbar) |
| comp., MS | Quick Launch toolbar | クイック起動ツール バー (A customizable area of the taskbar, which by default is displayed to the right of the Start button. It contains icons you can click to open programs, such as Windows Explorer or Outlook Express, or to show the desktop. You can add or remove icons to it and move it to a different area of the taskbar) |
| comp., MS | ribbon launch button | リボンの起動ボタン (The button at the bottom right corner of a ribbon group. Typically, a click of the button opens a dialog box or other element that is related to the group) |
| gen. | n obsc war started or ended with the push of a single "launch" button | ボタン戦争 |
| gen. | weed cutting launch | 除草用ランチ |