| English | Japanese |
| n a level and inked string | 準縄 (みずなわ) |
| n a string of beads | 数珠一連 |
| n Ainu plucked string instrument | トンコリ |
| any Oriental string instrument played with a bow | 鼓弓 |
| any Oriental string instrument played with a bow | 胡弓 |
| n yoji area where a string of nuclear power plants are located | 原発銀座 |
| n bead string | 玉の緒 |
| n black and white string | 黒水引 |
| bottom string | 壱 (on a shamisen, etc.) |
| bottom string | 一 ichi1 news2 nf33 (on a shamisen, etc.) |
| bottom string | 壹 oK １ can also be read ワン. 壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents (on a shamisen, etc.) |
| bottom string | 弌 (on a shamisen, etc.) |
| bottom string | １ (on a shamisen, etc.) |
| braid string | 糸を組む |
| carpenter's inking string | 墨 ichi1 news1 nf13 (sumi) |
| character string | 字列 |
| n decorative string used to hold a kimono sash in place | 帯締 |
| n decorative string used to hold a kimono sash in place | 帯締め |
| n "ear-hanging" scallop spat, i.e. piercing the resilium to string them | 耳釣り |
| n end of a string | 紐の端 |
| n female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow | 梓巫女 |
| n first string | 一の糸 (of a shamisen, etc.) |
| fix an arrow to the string | 番る io |
| fix an arrow to the string | 番える |
| n g-string | 紐パンツ |
| n G-string | 越中ふんどし |
| n G-string | 越中褌 |
| G-string | バタフライ gai1 |
| gee-string | バタフライ gai1 |
| n groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument | 糸爪 |
| n groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument | 糸道 |
| n guitar string | ギターの弦 |
| n in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each | 赤い糸 |
| n inked marking string | 墨繩 |
| n inked marking string | 墨縄 |
| n inked marking string | 墨糸 (すみいと) |
| n inked timber marking string | 縄墨 (なわずみ) |
| italic character string | 斜向字列 |
| n kite string | 凧糸 |
| n list of rooms in an apartment, excluding bathroom and toilet, encoded as a string of digits and letters | 間取り news1 nf24 (e.g. "2DK" for a two-room apartment with a kitchen/dining area) |
| n outside string | 上紐 (on a package) |
| n plucking string instrument | 撥弦 |
| n red string of fate | 赤い糸 |
| n search string | 検索文字列 |
| n second string | 二の糸 (of a shamisen, etc.) |
| n second string to one's bow | 二の矢 |
| n something that has a cord or string attached | 紐付き (e.g. clothes, ひもつき) |
| n something that has a cord or string attached | ひも付き (e.g. clothes) |
| stretch a string | 糸を張る |
| n stretching out a string | 糸引き |
| n stretching out like a string | 糸引き |
| string along | 張渡す (of rope, etc.) |
| string along | 張り渡す (of rope, etc.) |
| n string bag | 網袋 |
| n uk string bean | 隠元豆 |
| n uk string bean | いんげん豆 |
| n string beans | 莢隠元 |
| n string beans | 荒隠元 |
| n string bikini | 紐パンツ |
| n string-fastener | 緒締め |
| n string instrument | 弾物 (esp. in gagaku) |
| n string instrument | 弾き物 (esp. in gagaku) |
| n string loincloth | 越中ふんどし |
| n string loincloth | 越中褌 |
| n string made from twisted paper | 紙縒 |
| n string made from twisted paper | 紙撚り (koyori) |
| n string made from twisted paper | 紙撚 |
| n string made from twisted paper | 紙捻り |
| n string made from twisted paper | 紙捻 |
| n string made from twisted paper | 紙縒り |
| n string music | 絃楽 |
| n string music | 弦楽 news1 nf15 |
| n string of a crown | 冠纓 (to prevent it from falling off) |
| n string of incidents, crimes, etc. committed by the Aum Shinrikyo religious group in the 1980s | オウム真理教事件 |
| string of tile | 暗渠ストリング |
| n string orchestra | ストリング・オーケストラ |
| n string orchestra | ストリングオーケストラ |
| string peas | 豆の筋を取る |
| string-puller | 黒衣 |
| string-puller | 黒子 |
| n yoji string-pulling | 裏面工作 |
| uk abbr string puppet | 絡繰 io |
| uk abbr string puppet | 機関 (kikan) |
| n string puppet | からくり人形 |
| n string puppet | 絡繰り人形 |
| n string puppet | 絡繰人形 io |
| n string puppet | 機関人形 |
| uk abbr string puppet | 絡繰り |
| n string quartet | 弦楽四重奏団 |
| n string quartet | 弦楽四重奏 |
| n string tie | 紐ネクタイ |
| n uk string tie | 紐タイ |
| n string tied across the open chest of a haori | 羽織ひも |
| n string tied across the open chest of a haori | 羽織紐 |
| n string tied to the chest of one's kimono or haori | 胸紐 |
| string together | 列ねる (e.g. compliments) |
| string together | 連ねる ichi1 news2 nf25 (e.g. compliments) |
| string together all sorts of flowery words | 美辞麗句を連ねる |
| string up | 張り巡らす news2 nf47 (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.) |
| string up | 張りめぐらす (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.) |
| string up | 張り詰める news2 nf36 |
| n telephone made from two cans and a piece of string | 糸電話 |
| n thin string of dried abalone | 熨斗鮑 (often tied to a gift) |
| n third string | 三の糸 (of a shamisen, etc.) |
| tie a string | 紐を結ぶ |
| exp v1 to be tied by the red string | 赤い糸で結ばれる (of fate) |
| n traditional Japanese G-string for men | 六尺褌 |
| n twisted-paper string | 勧世縒 |
| vibrating string extensometer | 抵動伸縮計 |
| n wind and string instruments | 管弦楽器 |
| wind and string instruments | 笛竹 |
| n wind and string instruments | 管弦 |