| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 縦 | たて | the vertical, height; front-to-back, length |
| 操縦 | そうじゅう | flying (a plane); management, handling, control, manipulation |
| 縦横 | じゅうおう, たてよこ | length and width, every direction, warp and woof, right and left, vertically and horizontally, length and breadth |
| 縦断 | じゅうだん | flying through, cutting across, longitudinal slice |
| 縦割り | たてわり | dividing vertically, vertical split, top-to-bottom sectioning, division into sections, splitting lengthwise |
| 縦書き | たてがき | vertical writing |
| 縦糸 | たていと | (weaving) warp |
| 縦横無尽 | じゅうおうむじん | freely, right and left, as one pleases |
| 縦軸 | たてじく, じゅうじく | vertical axis, vertical line; vertical shaft, spindle |
| 縦 | ほしいまま | selfish, self-indulgent, arbitrary |