Glossary

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Class classification
All ship class codes on the list are based on USN Hull Classification Codes or modifications thereof.

Note:
 * Terms "Kūbo" (空母) is a shorthand for "Kōkū bokan" (航空母艦), which means "Aircraft Carrier".
 * In-game, the cards & encyclopedia have the ship class English Name, but some are rendered differently from above.
 * "Aircraft Carrying Submarine" instead of "Submarine Aircraft Carrier"
 * "Aircraft Cruiser" instead of "Aviation Cruiser"
 * "Seaplane Carrier" instead of "Seaplane Tender"
 * "Aircraft Carrier" instead of "Standard Aircraft Carrier"
 * "Aircraft Carrier" instead of "Armored Aircraft Carrier"
 * "Battleship" instead of "Fast Battleship"
 * The latter is generally employed on the wiki
 * There are no USN hull classification codes for:
 * Submarine Aircraft Carriers
 * Training Cruisers
 * Torpedo Cruisers
 * Aviation Cruisers
 * Armored Carriers
 * KanColle-fans keep using CVB, which was for the largest aircraft carriers, such as Shinano.
 * The USN's first was the Midway-class, but the category was merged into CVA in 1952
 * Fast Battleships
 * Aviation Battleships
 * Landing Craft Carriers (Amphibious Assault Ship)
 * Specifically, a dual-purpose landing craft depot ship & escort aircraft carrier
 * Unless otherwise specific or listed side by side, FBB is considered as a sub-category of BB, & thus all FBB are BB.

API link
A method to play the game without having to access the official DMM website.

Crossing the T
A classic naval strategy in which a line of warships cross in front of a line formation of enemy ships, allowing the crossing line to bring all their guns to bear while receiving fire from only the forward guns of the enemy.

Gameplay-wise, when the player's fleet crosses the opponent's fleet (T Advantage/'Green T'), BOTH sides gain a significant increase in damage dealt. When the opponent's fleet crosses the player's fleet (T Disadvantage/'Red T'), BOTH sides have significantly reduced damage delt.

Docking
It allows damaged ships to be repaired to full health. The repair, represented by a bath, requires steel & fuel, & will take 'some' time to complete. The Instant repair item, or Bucket (高速修復材), will instantly complete the repair.

Expedition
This is where fleets are sent to complete expeditions, in exchange for resources & specific rewards. No expedition involves combat. For some ship girls & items, the only way to obtain them is through expeditions. However, fuel is drained in the process & requires resupply once the expedition is finished. Also, it is one of the main sources of income.

Food supply ship Irako
Or more loosely, Sparkle.

Irako raises a number of ship girls' morale to sparkle status, that is, eliminating their fatigue.

Food supply ship Mamiya
Or more loosely, Fatigue.

It removes any fatigue on a fleet, that is, increasing their morale. When not used, it could function as a fatigue indicator, as it informs when a ship girl has fatigue, even without the orange fatigue indication.

Modernization
The process of using other ship girls to increase stats (Firepower, AA , Torpedo , Armor ) of a single ship girl. It is also known as 'Merging'.

Naval Exercise
A PVP-like battle with no risk of repair or sinking, though it costs fuel, ammo & bauxite. Opponent teams update in real-time, but there is no simultaneous play.


 * The new opponent list refreshes at 03:00 & 15:00 JST

Phases of Battle

 * Day Battle
 * Reconnaissance (stat boost; avoids being T-crossed if using Saiun)
 * Initial airstrike (opening bombing; air superiority)
 * Support fleet attack
 * Opening/initial torpedo strike (see Type A Ko-hyoteki (甲標的甲型) )
 * Shelling/artillery phase (as well as regular airstrikes)
 * Closing torpedo salvo
 * Night Battle

Remodel


It results in *name*-Kai (改) & improves a ship girl's base stats & maximum stats. It is also known as 'Upgrading' & is often confused with Modernization.

Fatigue


Orange/sad faces are displayed next to the ship girl icon if they are too fatigued. Rest them for 15 minutes or so if it happens. Fatigue will reduce by three every three minutes.

Fatigued ship girls will have lower evasion & accuracy ( hidden stat ).

If ship girls are still fatigued upon returning from an expedition, the expedition will end up failing even with all other criteria fulfilled.

Sparkle
It is the opposite of fatigue. If one or more ship girls sparkle, they will either:
 * Gain an evasion boost during a sortie. The boost is not shown directly.
 * A chance for 150% resource gain & a higher likelihood of returning with a special item during an expedition.
 * However, this requires the entire fleet to be sparkling.

Medal
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A medal (勲章), is a multi-purpose item that can be used to exchange for a small amount of resources or a remodel blueprint (改装設計図). They are obtained by clearing certain maps, events, or a particular map & are shown on the item page (アイテム).

A 'First Class' medal, or 'Class A' medal, is a rare medal which provides rarer resources that can be obtained by clearing Events in hard mode.

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 * 1 medal Medal_Reward.png will equal {{Fuel}} x300, {{Ammo}} x300, {{Steel}} x300, {{Bauxite}} x300 & {{IR}} x2.
 * 1 medal Medal_Reward.png will equal Improvement Materials Improvement Materials.png x4.
 * 4 medals Medal_Reward.png will equal Remodel Blueprint BlueprintKai.png x1.
 * 1 'First Class' medal First-Class_MedalReward.png will equal {{Fuel}} x10000, Improvement Materials.png x 10, Devmat.png, & Furniture box large.jpg.

Tracer-fire effect
This occurs in-game when a ship girl fires any equipped machine guns to defend herself, reducing incoming damage from enemy bombers. A flagship will always do this by default, even without an anti-air stat.

Subcheeseing
It involves using a submarine fleet to clear maps with weak anti-submarine opponents.

Color-coded Aircraft

 * Red plane: carrier-based Dive Bomber
 * Blue plane: carrier-based Torpedo Bomber
 * Green plane: carrier-based Fighter
 * Yellow plane: carrier-based Recon Aircraft
 * Light-Green plane: ship-based bomber & reconnaissance Seaplanes

Color-coded Naval Guns
It is based on their roles, not ability.
 * Red gun: Main Gun - primarily used against ships, with a secondary role as AA.
 * Yellow gun: Secondary Gun - increases AA & accuracy ( hidden stat ).
 * Green gun: High-angle dual-purpose guns or AA machine guns
 * High-angle guns effectively attack both aircraft & ships.
 * AA machine guns specifically attack aircraft & always trigger the tracer-fire effect.

Midget Submarine
Also known by it's design code name Type A Ko-hyoteki (甲標的甲型), which literally means Target Type A. It's a submarine equippable on Torpedo Cruisers, Submarines, & Seaplane Tenders. They are frequently used because of their ability to attack before the shelling phase.

Turbine
Turbines are equippable on any ship. They increase evasion, causing opponents to miss more often.

！すでのな
One of Inazuma's lines read backwards, as in traditional Japanese, the characters are read right-to-left. It also appears as a wall scroll in the furniture page.

2-4-11
The fleet idol, Naka-chan dayo!~ (see AKB48).

2-4-11 refers to the fuel /ammo  /steel  combination received from scrapping Naka.

Beaver
See Yukikaze & notice the similarities. Pic related.

Japanese fans calls her 'Hamster' instead.

Big Seven
A group of battleships built to carry the largest naval gun (16"/41cm) allowed by the Washington Naval Treaty. It comprised of Nagato, Mutsu, USS West Virginia, USS Maryland, USS Colorado, HMS Rodney, & HMS Nelson.

Black Rick Shooter/Black Ruck Shooter
A nickname of Heavy Cruiser Ri-Class Kai & Battleship Ru-Class Kai, respectively. These are combined due to sharing the same abbreviation.
 * Abbreviated as BRS

Black Wock Shooter
A nickname for Standard Carrier Wo-Class Kai Flagship.
 * Abbreviated as BWS

BURNING LOVE
A notable line from Kongou, whom loves tea & tea time & is fond of interspersing English words into her lines due to being built in England.

Other examples include:
 * 提督ゥ～、You've Got Mail! Love letterは許さないからネ!
 * Wow! Congratulation!
 * Tea timeは大事にしないとネー
 * 撃ちます！ Fire！

KTKM
Shorthand for Kitakami & is a wordplay of the Japanese netslang 'KTKR'. It is read as kita kore, which literally means 'It's here!', representing 'Woohoo, I got it!' or 'I've been waiting for this!'

Melon-chan
A nickname for Yuubari due to her uniform color scheme & general resemblance to a melon &/or the City of Yuubari, on the namesake Yuubari River, which is well-known for its melons.

Nagamon
The name is due to Nagato's (長門) second kanji, 門, which can be pronounced as mon.

Instead of being cool & serious, Nagato is usually depicted doing silly things or showing love to random destroyers, Northern Hime, & other ship girls.

Rensouhou-chan (連装砲ちゃん)
Danbo-like robots which appear with Shimakaze. Amatsukaze, having a more formal character, calls hers' Rensouhou-kun instead.

RJ/Airport
Light Carrier Ryūjō, which has a second flight deck very flat chest. Don't complain about it, the chart agrees.

Tenryuu Kindergarten
A common theme where Tenryuu & destroyers are regularly used in expeditions due to low fuel & ammo  costs. The official 4-koma, Fubuki, Ganbarimasu! also shows Tenryuu as being good at taking care of children (destroyers), hence the name.

Zekamashi (ぜかまし)
Shimakaze's name read backwards, as in traditional Japanese, the characters are read right-to-left. It is found on one of the Rensouhou-chan's life buoys.

Birthdays
As known as their launch date.

Alternative dates are their construction start date, their laid down date, their completion date, their service start date, the date they are dropped/constructed for KanColle player, or the date they are introduced into KanColle could/would also be applied on some occasions.

Destroyers
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 * 1st Fubuki 15 November 1927
 * 2nd Shirayuki 20 March 1928
 * 3rd Hatsuyuki 29 September 1928
 * 4th Miyuki 26 June 1928
 * 5th Murakumo 27 September 1928
 * 9th Isonami 24 November 1927
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Light Cruisers

 * Tenryuu 11 March
 * Tatsuta 29 May
 * Kuma 14 July
 * Tama 10 February
 * Kiso 14 December
 * Nagara 25 April
 * Isuzu 29 October
 * Natori February 16
 * Yura 15 February
 * Kinu 29 May
 * Abukuma 16 March
 * Sendai 30 October
 * Jintsuu 8 December
 * Naka 24 March
 * Ooi 15 July
 * Kitakami 3 July
 * Yuubari 5 March
 * Agano 22 October
 * Noshiro 19 July
 * Yahagi 25 October
 * Sakawa 9 April
 * Ooyodo 2 April

Heavy Cruisers

 * Furutaka 25 February
 * Kako 10 April
 * Aoba 25 September
 * Kinugasa 24 October
 * Myoukou 16 April
 * Nachi 15 June
 * Ashigara 22 April
 * Haguro 24 March
 * Takao 12 May
 * Atago 16 June
 * Maya 8 November
 * Choukai 30 June
 * Tone 21 November
 * Chikuma 19 March
 * Mogami 14 March
 * Mikuma 31 May
 * Suzuya 20 November
 * Kumano 15 October
 * Prinz Eugen 22 August

Battleships

 * Nagato 9 November
 * Mutsu 31 May
 * Kongou 18 May
 * Hiei 21 November
 * Kirishima 1 December
 * Haruna 14 December
 * Fusou 28 March
 * Yamashiro 3 November
 * Ise 12 November
 * Hyuuga 27 January
 * Yamato 8 August
 * Musashi 1 November
 * Bismarck 14 February

Light Carriers

 * Houshou 13 November
 * Ryuujou 2 April
 * Hiyou 24 June
 * Junyou 26 June
 * Shohou 1 June
 * Zuihou 19 June
 * Chitose 29 November
 * Chiyoda 29 November
 * Ryuuhou 16 November

Standard Carriers

 * Akagi 22 April
 * Kaga 17 November
 * Souryuu 21 December
 * Hiryuu 16 November
 * Shoukaku 1 June
 * Zuikaku 27 November
 * Taihou 7 April
 * Unryuu 25 September
 * Amagi 1 October

Submarines

 * I-8 20 July
 * I-19 16 September
 * I-168 26 June
 * 1-58 30 June
 * I-401 8 January
 * Maruyu 31 October
 * U-511 21 Febuary (same vessel as RO-500)
 * RO-500 16 September (same vessel as U-511)

Auxiliary

 * Akitsumaru 24 Sept
 * Akashi 29 June
 * Taigei/Ryuuhou 16 November
 * Mamiya 26 October
 * Katori 14 December

List of Vessels by Japanese Voice Actresses
→ The same as List of Vessels by Seiyuu

Acronyms
While it is preferable to not use acronyms to avoid confusion, some discussions will inevitably have them. This is an incomplete list utilized by English-speaking KanColle players.


 * AA - Anti-Air
 * AACI - Anti-Air Cut-in
 * ACH - Aircraft Carrier Hime
 * AFP - Air Fighter Power
 * ASW - Anti-Submarine Warfare
 * AS - Air Superiority
 * AS+ - Air Supremacy
 * BP - Blueprint
 * CI - Cut-In
 * CV - Character Voice, same as VA
 * DA - Double Attack
 * EO - Extra Operation (maps 1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, and some event maps)
 * FBB - Fast Battleship
 * FCF - Fleet Command Facility
 * FP - Firepower
 * GS - Great Success
 * FS - Flagship
 * KC - Kantai Collection
 * LSC - Large Ship Construction
 * LoS/LOS - Line of Sight
 * RSC - Resources
 * RNG - Random Number Generator
 * SCAMP - Skilled Carrier-based Aircraft Maintenance Personnel
 * TP -Torpedo
 * VA - Voice Actress, same as CV