| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | basic map of the sea | 海の基本図 |
| gen. | learning the basics | 手解き |
| gen. | learning the basics | 手ほどき |
| gen. | exp only when basic needs for living are met can people spare the effort to be polite | 衣食足りて礼節を知る |
| gen. | The Basic Environment Law | 環境基本法 |
| inf. | the 48 basic sexual positions | 四十八手 |
| sumo. | n yoji the 48 basic techniques | 四十八手 |
| gen. | n adj-no the basics | 一通り ichi1 news2 nf39 |
| gen. | n yoji the eight basic brush strokes in writing Chinese characters | 永字八法 |
| ling. | n the five basic sentence structures | 基本五文型 (SV, SVC, SVO, SVOO, SVOC) |