| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | control, sway, have influence on | 左右する |
| gen. | hold sway over the minds of the people | 一世を風靡する |
| gen. | holding sway | 盤踞 |
| gen. | holding sway | 蟠踞 |
| gen. | n yoji holding sway over the minds of the people | 一世風靡 |
| el.tract. | pantograph sway | パンタグラフ振れ |
| construct. | side sway | サイドスウェイ (saido-suwei) |
| construct. | sway bracing | 対傾構 (たいけい・こう) |
| gen. | sway to and fro | 猶予う ateji |
| gen. | sway to and fro | 揺蕩う ateji |
| gen. | to be swayed by | 捕らわれる ichi1 news2 nf43 |
| gen. | to be swayed by | 囚われる |
| gen. | to be swayed by | 捉われる |
| obs. | to be swayed by | 寄る ichi1 news2 nf45 (a person) |
| gen. | to be swayed by | 捕われる ichi1 |
| gen. | uk to be swayed by | 靡く ichi1 |
| gen. | n tree swayed by the wind | 風樹 |
| gen. | n obsc tree swayed by the wind | 風木 |