| English | Japanese |
| n a thread | 一縷 |
| angle of thread | ねじ山の角度 |
| n basting thread | 綴糸 io |
| n basting thread | 綴じ糸 |
| n binding thread | 綴糸 io |
| n binding thread | 綴じ糸 |
| n braided thread or cord | 組み糸 |
| n China-made thread or yarn | 唐糸 |
| coarse thread | 並目ねじ (なみめ・ねぢ) |
| n colored thread | 色糸 |
| n colored thread | 綾糸 |
| n coloured thread | 色糸 |
| n coloured thread | 綾糸 |
| complete thread | 完全ねじ部 |
| uk cord made by entwining threads of various colours | 綯い交ぜ |
| uk cord made by entwining threads of various colours | 綯い混ぜ |
| uk cord made by entwining threads of various colours | ない交ぜ |
| n cotton thread | 木綿糸 |
| crest of thread | ねじ山の頂 (nejiyama no itadaki) |
| cut thread | 切削ねじ |
| n drawn thread | 抜き糸 |
| n dyed thread or yarn | 染め糸 |
| n embroidery thread | 刺繍糸 |
| entwine threads of various colours | 綯い交ぜる (colors) |
| external thread | 雄螺子 |
| fine screw thread | 細目ねじ (hosome-neji) |
| n fine thread | 細い糸 |
| n glossy silk thread | 練糸 (made from raw silk treated in a solution to dissolve the sericin) |
| n glossy silk thread | 練り糸 (made from raw silk treated in a solution to dissolve the sericin) |
| n gold thread | 金糸 news2 nf42 (kinshi) |
| n handicraft, knitting, etc. thread made of artificial silk | リリアン |
| n handicraft, knitting, etc. thread made of artificial silk | リリヤン |
| n heddle thread | 綾糸 |
| n hemp yarn or linen thread woven into a coarse cloth used for mosquito nets, summer clothes, etc. | 綟子 |
| n hemp yarn or linen thread woven into a coarse cloth used for mosquito nets, summer clothes, etc. | 綟 |
| hydrostatic thread | 静圧送りねじ |
| incomplete thread | 不完全ねじ部 |
| internal thread | 雌螺子 |
| n kanji "thread" radical at left | 糸偏 |
| n konnyaku cut into fine threads | 糸蒟蒻 |
| leather thread on guard or pommel of a sword | 腕貫 |
| left-hand thread | 左ねじ (hidarineji) |
| length of thread engagement | ねじのはめあい長さ |
| limit gage screw thread | ねじ用限界ゲージ |
| n linen thread | 麻絲 |
| n linen thread | 麻糸 (あさいと) |
| n main thread | 本筋 news2 nf27 (of a story) |
| measurement of screw thread | ねじの測定 |
| n medium-sized thread | 中糸 |
| multiple-start thread | 多条ねじ (tajō-neji) |
| n nettling thread | 刺糸 |
| nominal designation of screw thread | ねじの呼び |
| nylon thread | ナイロン糸 |
| parallel thread | 平行ねじ |
| n part of a loom, a wire or cord with an eye, through which the warp threads are threaded | 綜絖 |
| pick up the thread of a story | 話の穂をつぐ |
| pick up the thread of a story | 話の穂を継ぐ |
| pipe thread | 管用ねじ (kudayō-neji) |
| pitch diameter of thread | ねじの有効径 (neji no yūkōkei) |
| n price of silk thread | 糸価 |
| n prior dyeing of thread before cloth is woven | 先染 |
| n prior dyeing of thread before cloth is woven | 先染め |
| n raw silk thread | 生糸 news2 nf33 spec2 (kiito) |
| uk abbr reeled thread | 桛 |
| n reeled thread | 綛糸 |
| n reeled thread | 桛糸 |
| n reeled thread | かせ糸 (kaseito) |
| uk abbr reeled thread | 綛 |
| right-hand thread | 右ねじ (migi-neji) |
| rolled thread | 転造ねじ (tenzō-neji) |
| root of thread | ねじの谷底 (neji no tanisoko) |
| n screw thread | 螺子山 |
| screw thread | 捻子 (ねじ) |
| n screw thread | ねじ山 (nejiyama) |
| n screw thread | ネジ山 |
| n sewing needle for cotton thread | 木綿針 |
| n sewing thread | 縫糸 |
| n sewing thread | 縫い糸 |
| n silk or paper with cotton threads | 糸入り |
| n silk thread | 絹糸 ichi1 news2 nf40 (kinuito) |
| n silk thread | 繭糸 ichi1 (kenshi) |
| n spun silk thread | 紬糸 |
| n silk thread | 蚕糸 news2 nf42 spec2 (sanshi) |
| n silver thread | 銀糸 |
| single -start thread | 一条ねじ (ichijō-neji) |
| n space between threads | 織り目 (i.e. in cloth, orime) |
| n space between threads | 織目 (i.e. in cloth) |
| n spider's thread | 蜘蛛の糸 |
| n spider's thread | くもの糸 |
| n spider's thread | クモの糸 |
| n spool of thread | 糸まき |
| n spool of thread | 糸巻き |
| square thread | 角ねじ (kakuneji) |
| n synthetic fiber thread usually nylon typically used for stringing beads | テグス |
| n the thread of life | 命の綱 |
| n adj-no thick, heavy thread | 極太 |
| n thick thread | 太糸 (futoito) |
| n thread cutting | 螺子切り |
| n thread cutting | ねじ切り (nejikiri) |
| thread cutting die | ねじ切りダイス (ねぢきり・だいす) |
| n thread dyeing | 先染 |
| n thread dyeing | 先染め |
| n thread end | 緒 |
| n thread end | 糸口 news1 nf12 |
| n uk thread-footed mite | 埃蜱 |
| n thread for weaving | 原糸 (genshi) |
| n thread from which nets are made | 網地 (amiji) |
| thread grinding | ねじ研削 |
| n thread guard | 糸掛 (e.g. in a spinning machine) |
| n thread guard | 糸掛け (e.g. in a spinning machine, itokake) |
| n thread knot | 玉結び (end of the thread tied up to a knot) |
| n thread-manufacturing plant | 製糸工場 |
| n thread of cat's cradle | 綾糸 |
| thread of connection | 経絡 |
| n thread of life | 玉の緒 |
| n thread of life | 命脈 news2 nf40 |
| thread rolling | ねじ転造 |
| thread rolling machine | ねじ転造盤 (neji-tenzōban) |
| n uk thread-sail filefish | 皮剥 (Stephanolepis cirrhifer) |
| n uk thread-sail filefish | 皮剥ぎ (Stephanolepis cirrhifer, かわはぎ) |
| n thread sealing tape | シール・テープ |
| n thread sealing tape | シールテープ |
| n thread to make seams conspicuous | 糸印 |
| thread-waisted wasp | 似我蜂 (any wasp of family Sphecidae, incl. digger wasps & mud daubers) |
| n title of a thread in email, news, etc. | スレッド・タイトル |
| n title of a thread in email, news, etc. | スレッドタイトル |
| n top component of the kanji "thread" radical | 糸頭 the component 幺 as in the left of 幻 |
| trapezoidal screw thread | 台形ねじ (daikei-neji) |
| triangular thread | 三角ねじ (sankaku-neji) |
| n twining of thread or yarn | 撚糸 news2 nf31 |
| n twisted thread | 撚糸 io |
| n twisted thread | 縒り糸 |
| n twisted thread | 撚り糸 |
| n twisted thread | 縒糸 io |
| n twisted thread | より糸 |
| n twisted thread or yarn | 撚糸 news2 nf31 |
| n variety of ceremonial dress made of intertwined cloth and silk threads | 熨斗目 |
| n waste thread | 糸くず |
| n waste thread | 糸屑 (itokuzu) |
| n waste thread | 屑糸 (くずいと) |
| weight of thread | 糸目 (いとめ) |
| n white thread | 白糸 news2 nf41 |
| n Whitworth screw thread | ウィットねじ (uitto-neji) |
| n Whitworth screw thread | ウィットネジ |
| n winding a replacement thread, wire, etc. | 巻き替え |