| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | n athlete competing in the middle-number match in a team competition, i.e. second in 3-on-3, third in 5-on-5 | 中堅 ichi1 news1 nf04 (kendo, judo, etc.) |
| phys. | Bessel function of the second kind | 第二種ベッセル関数 (dainishu-Besseru-kansū) |
| gen. | n Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar | 比良八講 |
| gen. | n card printed with the second half of a poem | 取札 (in karuta) |
| gen. | n card printed with the second half of a poem | 取り札 (in karuta) |
| phys. | cohomology group of the second kind | 第二種コホモロジー群 (dainishu-kohomorojī-gun) |
| gen. | n cold wind blowing at Lake Biwa around the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar | 比良八荒 |
| phys. | complete elliptic integral of the second kind | 第二種完全楕円積分 (だいにしゅ・かんぜん・だえん・せきぶん) |
| phys. | discontinuity point of the second kind | 第二種不連続点 (だいにしゅ・ふれんぞく・てん) |
| phys. | electrode of the second kind | 第二種の電極 (だいにしゅ の でんきょく) |
| phys. | elliptic integral of the second kind | 第二種楕円積分 (だいにしゅ・だえん・せきぶん) |
| gen. | error of the second type | 第二種の過誤 |
| gen. | n first day of the second month | 初朔日 |
| gen. | exp first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month | 初午 |
| sport. | n game or series of games between the first and second place teams | 首位攻防戦 |
| gen. | n Japanese scorched earth policy during the second Sino-Japanese War | 三光作戦 三光 is a ref. to a Chinese phrase meaning 'kill all, burn all, loot all' |
| gen. | n Kuomintang government based in Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War | 重慶政府 |
| gen. | n last day of the second lunar month | 二月尽 |
| sumo. | n newly recruited wrestlers in the second round of presentation after mae-zumo | 二番出世 |
| phys. | perpetuum mobile of the second kind | 第二種永久機関 (だいにしゅ・えいきゅう・きかん) |
| gen. | person with the second move | 後手 news1 nf15 (こうしゅ) |
| phys. | phase transition of the second kind | 第二零相転移 (だいにしゅ・そうてん'い) |
| law | n principal offender in the second degree | 間接正犯 |
| abbr. | prostitute of the second-highest class | 天神 news1 nf18 also pronounced てんしん (Edo period) |
| gen. | prostitute of the second-highest class | 天職 news2 nf40 (Edo period) |
| gen. | n prostitute of the second rank | 格子女郎 (Edo period below the taiyu) |
| gen. | n vs reading a second draft without checking it against the original | 素読 io (draught) |
| gen. | n vs reading a second draft without checking it against the original | 素読み (draught) |
| sumo. | n referee officiating the second highest division | 十両格 |
| sumo. | n referee officiating the second lowest division | 序二段格 |
| gen. | n relation in the second degree | 二親等 |
| gen. | n sage of the second order | 亜聖 |
| gen. | n second accession of the same emperor | 更位 |
| gen. | n vs second accession to the throne | 重祚 |
| gen. | n second adding of charcoal to the fire | 後の炭 (tea ceremony) |
| gen. | n second adding of charcoal to the fire | 後炭 (in tea ceremony) |
| gen. | n second day of the month | ２日 |
| gen. | n second day of the month | 二日 ichi1 |
| obs. | n second division of the night | 乙夜 (approx. 9 pm to 11 pm) |
| hist.fig. | second emperor of the Sui Dynasty | 煬帝 |
| gen. | n Second Epistle to the Corinthians | コリントの信徒への手紙二 (book of the Bible) |
| gen. | n Second Epistle to the Thessalonians | テサロニケの信徒への手紙二 (book of the Bible) |
| gen. | n second grade of the third rank of honor | 従三位 (honour) |
| gen. | n-adv n second half of the fiscal year | 下期 news1 nf11 (しもき) |
| gen. | n second half of the year | 後半期 (こうはんき) |
| gen. | n second half of the year | 下半期 news1 nf19 (しもはんき) |
| gen. | second month of the lunar calendar | ２月 spec1 |
| obs. | n second month of the lunar calendar | 中春 |
| obs. | n second month of the lunar calendar | 衣更着 |
| obs. | n second month of the lunar calendar | 更衣 |
| obs. | n second month of the lunar calendar | 如月 news2 nf45 |
| obs. | n second month of the lunar calendar | 仲春 |
| gen. | second month of the lunar calendar | 二月 news1 nf01 |
| gen. | n second note of the ancient chromatic scale | 大呂 (in China approx. D sharp) |
| gen. | n second of the sexagenary cycle | 乙丑 |
| gen. | n second party of the same night | 二次会 news2 nf35 |
| gen. | n second play on the program | 二番目狂言 |
| gen. | n second play on the program | 二番目物 |
| gen. | adj-na n second sign of the Chinese calendar | 乙 (おつ) |
| gen. | n second star of the evening | 二番星 |
| phys. | superconductor of the second kind | 第二種超伝導体 (だいにしゅ・ちょう・でんどうたい) |
| baseb. | n vs taking the field first, thus batting second | 後攻 |
| gen. | n obsc ten important Rinzai temples, second in significance to the Kyoto Gozan | 十刹 oK |
| math. | tensor of the second order | テンソル (tensoru) |
| math. | tensor of the second order | 二階のテンソル |
| obs. | obsc 15th day of the second month of the lunar calendar | 中春 (around mid-spring) |
| obs. | obsc 15th day of the second month of the lunar calendar | 仲春 (around mid-spring) |
| gen. | n the first and second | 一二 news1 nf18 |
| gen. | n n-suf n-pref the Second | 二世 news1 nf08 (king, etc. of the same name) |
| gen. | n the second ... | 第二次 |
| gen. | the second law of thermodynamics | 熱力学の第二法則 |
| gen. | the second line in a four-line Chinese poem | 承句 |
| gen. | n the second part | 二部 news1 nf08 |
| construct. | the Second party | 乙 (おつ) |
| titles | The Second Sex | 第二の性 (book by Simone de Beauvoir) |
| gen. | n the second time | 二度目 |
| gen. | n thirty-second of the sexagenary cycle | 乙未 |
| abbr. | traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone | 反 ichi1 news1 nf15 (そり) |
| gen. | n traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone | 反切 |
| gen. | n twenty-second day of the month | ２２日 |
| gen. | n twenty-second day of the month | 二十二日 |
| gen. | n twenty-second of the sexagenary cycle | 乙酉 |
| gen. | visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time | 裏を返す |
| sumo. | n wrestlers of the second highest division | 十両 news1 nf10 |