| Subject | English | Japanese |
| tech. | generalized least square method | 広義最小二乗法 (こうぎさいしょうにじょうほう) |
| gen. | least square method | 最小二乗法 (saishō-nijōhō) |
| gen. | least squares method | 最小二乗法 (saishō-nijōhō) |
| math. | n least-squares method | 最小２乗法 |
| comp., MS | least-squares method | 最小二乗法 (A method that assigns values to unknown quantities in a statistical model, based on the values found by minimizing the sum of squared deviations from the mean, saishō-nijōhō) |
| gen. | n least-squares method | 最小自乗法 (さいしょう・ぢじょうほう) |