| 角番 | ozeki-ranked wrestler being in danger of losing his rank if he fails to win 8 or more bouts in a 15-day tournament |
立ち番 立番 | standing watch, sentinel |
| 牢番 | prison guard, jailer, gaoler |
| 早番 | early arrival |
| 登記番号欄 | registry number column |
| 泊まり番 | night duty |
| 番に当たる | being on duty |
| 探番 | attributing a sequence number (packet, message, etc.) |
| 人気番組 | popular (hit) program (programme) |
| 倉庫番 | warehouseman, storekeeper |
| 登録番号 | registration number |
| 特別番組 | special program, special programme |
| 内線番号 | extension number |
| 報道番組 | news program, news programme |
| 放送番組 | broadcast program, broadcast programme |
| 料理番 | a cook |
| 帯番組 | radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days (programme) |
| アクセス番組 | access program, access programme |
| タイアップ番組 | tie-up program, tie-up programme |
| ローカル番組 | local program, local programme |
| 可付番集合 | denumerable set, countable set |
| 移動加入者識別番号 | International Mobile Subscriber Identity, IMSI |
| 双方向番組 | interactive program, interactive programme |
| 電子番組ガイド | electronic program guide (programme), EPG |
| 馬番連勝 | post (horse racing) |
| 枠番連勝 | bracket win (in horse-racing), bracket quinella |
| 番号帳 | directory or book of numbers (e.g. telephone nos) |
| 御庭番衆 | Oniwaban |
| 手番 | plan, arrangements |
| 採番 | data index, (unique) index number |
| 項番 | item number |
| 水入り二番後撮り直し | rematch due to overlong (over 10 min) bout |
| 結びの一番 | final bout of the tournament day |
| 結びの三番 | final three bouts of the tournament day |
| 上位五番 | last five matches of makushita division wrestlers |
| 番 | bout, match, lookout |
| 番付外 | outside the rankings |
| 絵番付 | illustrated rankings |
| 板番付 | large wooden boards listing rankings hung, outside tournament venues |
| 三番稽古 | a row of training matches with the same opponent |
| 紙番付 | rankings written on paper |
| 一番出世 | newly recruited wrestlers in the first round of presentation after mae-zumo |
| 二番出世 | newly recruited wrestlers in the second round of presentation after mae-zumo |
| 三番出世 | newly recruited wrestlers in the third round of presentation after mae-zumo |
| 番付表 | table of rankings |
| 番付編成会議 | rank-deciding committee |
| 番代 | relieving the guard |
| 若番 | lower number, lower numbers |
| 老番 | higher number, higher numbers |
| 予約番号 | confirmation number |
| いの一番 | first of all, first thing |
| 大死一番 | exerting oneself to the utmost, prepared to die if necessary |
| 雨傘番組 | substitute for a scheduled live broadcast of a sporting event that was rained out |