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Kancolle Dictionary

Are listed a comprehensive list of most abreviations and acronyms used by the Kancolle community.

Abreviations & Acronyms

Abreviation		Meaning	Notes	Context
AA		Anti-Air		Combat
AACI		Anti-Air Cut-in		Combat
AAFD		Anti-Air Fire Directors		Equipment
AAR		Anti-Air Resistance		Equipment
AARB		Anti-Air Rocket Barrage		Combat
AD		Air Denial		Combat
AFP		Air Fighter Power		Combat
AGB		Icebreaker		Ship Type
AGDP		Arctic Gear & Deck Personnel		Equipment
AGL		Lighthouse tender		Ship Type
AGS		Survey ship		Ship Type
AI		Air Incapability		Combat
AK2		12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model A Kai 2		Equipment
AK3		12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model A Kai 3 (Wartime Modification) + Anti-Aircraft Fire Director		Equipment
AK4		Prototype Long-barrel 12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model A Kai 4		Equipment
AO		Fleet Oiler / Replenishment Oiler		Ship Type
AP	AP	Air Parity		Combat
	AP	Air Power		Combat
	AP	Armor Piercing		Equipment
	AP	Transport Ships		Ship Type
APCI		AP shell Cut-In		Combat
AR	AR	Repair Ship		Ship Type
	AR	Action Report		Item
AS	AS	Submarine Tender		Ship Type
	AS	Artillery Spotting		Combat
	AS	Air State		Combat
	AS	Air Superiority		Combat
	AS+	Air Supremacy		Combat
ASDIC		Anti-Submarine Division supersonICs		Equipment
ASS		"Airstrike Supported Submarines" nodes	Alternative name to the Airstrike Supported Battle node	Combat
ASW		Anti-Submarine Warfare		Combat
AV		Seaplane Tender		Ship Type
BB		Battleship		Ship Type
BBCV		Aircraft Battleship	Informal code designating the Ise-class Kai Ni	Ship Type
BBV		Aviation Battleship		Ship Type
BC		"Battle Cruisers"	Only in the game for the Fleet menu's filter, mostly referring to the Kongou-class), the official code is "CC"	Ship Type
BK2		12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model B Kai 2		Equipment
BK4		12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model B Kai 4 (Wartime Modification) + Anti-Aircraft Fire Director		Equipment
BP		Blueprint		Item
CA		Heavy Cruiser		Ship Type
CAV		Aviation Cruiser		Ship Type
CCCI		Credit-Card Cut-In	A "joke cut-in" about paying to do something	Item
CD		Concentrated Deployment	Mostly referring to some equipment variations being packed together	Equipment
CDMG		Concentrated Deployment Machine Gun		Equipment
CEP		Communication Equipment & Personnel		Equipment
CF		Combined Fleet		Combat
CI		Cut-In	Special powerful attacks triggered when using a right set of specific gears	Combat
CK2		12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model C Kai 2		Equipment
CK3		12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model C Kai 3		Equipment
CK3H		12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model C Kai 3 H		Equipment
CL		Light Cruiser		Ship Type
CLAA		Antiaircraft Cruiser		Ship Type
CLT		Torpedo Cruiser		Ship Type
CT	CT	Training Cruiser
	CT	Closing Torpedo Salvo
CTF		Carrier Task Force
CV	CV	Character Voice	Same as VA or Seiyuu
	CV	Aircraft Carrier	Standard Aircraft Carrier only in the game
CVB		Armored Aircraft Carrier / Armored Carrier
CVCI		Aircraft Carrier Cut-In
CVNCI		Aircraft Carrier Night Cut-In
CVE		Escort Carrier	An ASW specialized light aircraft carrier
CVL		Light Aircraft Carrier / Light Carrier
CVN		Night Aircraft Carrier	Not "nuclear CV" here
DA		Double Attack
DC		Depth Charge
DCP		Depth Charge Projector
DCR		Depth Charge Rack
DD		Destroyer
DE		"Destroyer Escort"	This designates "Coastal Defense Ship" (Kaiboukan) in Kancolle
DK2		12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model D Kai 2
DK3		12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model D Kai 3
DLC		Daihatsu Landing Craft	Often designate all Landing Craft
DM		Development Material
DP		Dual-Purpose	For either Radars or High-Angle Guns, being both used for "air" and "surface" roles.
EO		Extra Operation	Maps coming after the "MO" in the world
FBB		Fast Battleship
FCA		Fleet Communication Antenna
FCF		Fleet Command Facility	Sometimes designate all Command Facilities
FCM		First Class Medal
FF	FF	Friendly Fleet
	FF	Fast Fleet
FP	FP	Firepower
	FP	Fighter Power
FS		Flagship
GS		Great Success
GTRL		Gun-Torpedo-Radar-Lookout	A "New Type" cut-in setup
HA	HA	High-Altitude Interceptors
	HA	High-Angle Guns
HMAS		Her/His Majesty's Australian Ship
HMS		Her/His Majesty's Ship
HNLMS		His/Her Netherlands Majesty's Ship
HQ		Headquarter	Admiral's personal level
IC		Instant Construction Material
IJA		Imperial Japanese Army
IJN		Imperial Japanese Navy
IM		Improvement Material
IR		Instant Repair
JA		Jet Assault
KBK		Kaiboukan
KC		Kantai Collection
KMS		Kriegsmarine Ships	Nazi Germany Navy
LM		Late Model	Mostly referring to revised equipment variations, being more capable
LB		Land-Based
LBAS		Land-Based Air Squadron
LD		Last Dance	The last form of a map/boss, once the map HP bar is only 1 kill to be depleted/cleared
LFB		Large Flying Boat
LHA		Amphibious Assault Ship
LoS		Line of Sight
LSC		Large Ship Construction
LST		Landing Ship, Tank
MN		Marine nationale	"French Navy"
MO		Main Operation	All main maps (other than EO)
NOAP	NOAP	Night Operation Aviation Personnel
	NOAP+	Night Operation Aviation Personnel + Skilled Deckhands
NSCM		Night Skilled Crew Member
OA		Opening Airstrike
OASW		Opening ASW
OT/O torp		Opening Torpedo Salvo
RADAR		RAdio Detection And Ranging
RAN		Royal Australian Navy
RE		Reinforcement Expansion	Extra ship slot
RL		Rocket Launcher	Mostly 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher & 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni, but can designate most "Rocket munitions"
RLK2		12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni
RM		Regia Marina	Italian "Royal Navy"
RN		Royal Navy
RNN		Royal Netherlands Navy
RP		Ranking points
RSC		Resources
RNG		Random Number Generation
SCAMP		Skilled Carrier-based Aircraft Maintenance Personnel	Not to be confused with the USS Scamp
SCM		Skilled Crew Members
SDP	SDP	Skilled Deck Personnels
	SDP+	Skilled Deck Personnel + Aviation Maintenance Hands
SE		Support Expedition
SF		Striking Force Fleet
SFFCF/SFCF		Striking Force Fleet Command Facility
SLO		Skilled Lookouts
SONAR		SOund Navigation And Ranging
SPB		Seaplane Bomber
SPF		Seaplane Fighter
SPR		Seaplane Recon
SS		Submarine
SSLO		Super Skilled Lookouts
SSV		Aircraft Carrying Submarine
STF		Surface Task Force
TCI		Torpedo Cut-In
TCF/TE		Transport Combined Fleet / Transport Escort
TP	TP	Torpedo	Either the Stat or the equipment
	TP	Transport Points
TSLO		Torpedo SLO
TSSL		Torpedo Squadron Skilled Lookouts
TTK		Teitoku	Japaneses for "Admiral"
USN		United States Navy
USS		United States Ship
VA		Voice Actress	Same as CV or Seiyuu
WG		WG42 (Wurfgerät 42)
WG42		WG42 (Wurfgerät 42)

Abbreviations, Specific terms & Trivia

Alongside acronyms, you may encounter some abbreviations, specific terms, and trivia, some being Japanese terms or names, more practical names referring to specific in-game features, or even real-life Trivia.

• See also the disambiguation pages for clarification on equipment and mechanics sharing a similar name.

► Disambiguations

• Algebra - TBM-3W+3S, because of its name looking like a math formula.
• AirMat - New Model Aviation Development Material
• ArmMat - New Model Armament Material
• AvMat - New Model Aviation Development Material
• Big Seven - Refers to the first 7 battleships built to carry the biggest naval guns (>40 cm) allowed by the Washington Naval Treaty, namely, the Nagato-class, Nelson-class, and Colorado-class.
• Blow torches - Instant Construction Material
• Bucket - Instant Repair Material
• Bulldozer - Construction Corps
• BURNING LOVE - Notable line from Kongou
• C2 - Studio/Dojin circle behind Kancolle
• Carrot - Night Skilled Crew Member, the fairy eating one
• Chi-Ha - Type 97 Medium tank Japanese tank's name.
• Choujuusenchihou (長10cm砲) - Akizuki-class's pet, similar to Rensouhous
• Chuuha - "moderately damaged", orange damaged
• Cut-In - special powerful attacks, triggered when using a right set of specific gears
• DameCon - Emergency Repair Personnel
• DameGami‎ - Emergency Repair Goddess
• DameKami‎ - Emergency Repair Goddess
• Debuff - A mechanic that weaken some event bosses.
• DevMat - Development Materials
• Fighter-Mulle - The process of equipping a ship with only "fighters", to gain air superiority (AS).
• Flamethrower - Instant Construction Material
• Gingusa - Ginga (Egusa Squadron)
• Green T - Crossing the T (Advantage) Engagement
• GunMat - New Model Gun Development Material
• Hole Punch - Reinforcement Expansion
• Ho-Ni - Toku Daihatsu Landing Craft + Type 1 Gun Tank Japanese tank's name.
• I-Go - Daihatsu Landing Craft (Type 89 Medium Tank & Landing Force) Japanese tank's name.
• Ka-Mi - Special Type 2 Amphibious Tank Japanese tank's name.
• Ka-Tsu - Special Type 4 Amphibious Tank
  Japanese tank's name.
• KancoDex - Library (Kancolle's Pokedex), sometimes, just KanDex.
• Kancolle - Kantai Collection
• Kanmusu - "kantai musume", ship-girl
• Kiriban - Ranking "Lucky Tiers"
• Kuso - "Bad" or "Shitty", a common insult toward admirals (notably from Akebono), for being careless or even reckless. In the community, it mainly designates players using strats involving low morale or even sinking girls.
• MelonMat - New Model Armament Material, referencing the Yuubari fairy on it.
• Nuke - Anti-installation setup using a tank, a DLC, and artillery, doing "nuclear-like" damage to installations (up to 9999 damage).
• Penguin - The "Failure Box", notably featuring a penguin/toucan-like bird, and apearing each time a ship modernization or equipment craft is failled.
• Poi? (っぽい？) - Catchphrase of Yuudachi, meaning "maybe", referring to Ironbottom Sound.
• ProtoPult - Prototype Flight Deck Catapult
• Red T - Crossing the T (Disadvantage) Engagement.
• Recon - "Reconnaissance" planes, referring to both yellow "Reconnaissance Aircraft", and "Reconnaissance Seaplanes", depending on the context.
• Rensouhou (連装砲) - A Danbo-like robot appearing with some ships, namely Shimakaze, Amatsukaze, and Helena.
• Rocket - A form of propulsion, different from the usual propeller blades or turbojets (see here for rockets ingame).
• RocketMat - New Model Rocket Development Material
• RoSa - Japanese AA rockets: 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher & 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni
• Sanshiki - "Type 3 Shell" in Japanese, their AA Shells
• Screw - Improvement Materials
• Secretary - The flagship of the first fleet, the girl on the main menu.
• Seiyuu - Japanese Character Voice/Voice Actress
• Shirei-kan - "Commander"
• Shouha - "lightly damaged", yellow damaged
• Synergy - Used to describe the positive effect given by equipping certain equipment together, mainly referring to ASW Synergy, Speed Synergy, and Fit Bonuses.
• Spoon - The Vanguard Formation, named after its shape.
• Tags - Ship Locking in events.
• Taiha - "heavily damaged", red damaged
• Taitei - Type 2 Large Flying Boat, name mostly used by Akitsushima.
• Tanaka - Kensuke Tanaka, creator and original programmer of Kancolle.
• Tank - can refer to "Landing Tanks" (landing craft + tank), to Amphibious Tanks, or Landing Forces. See Tanks for more details.
• Teitoku - "Admiral"
• Tenryuu Kindergarten - A common theme where Tenryuu and a destroyers' escort are regularly used in expeditions to optimize resources consumption. The official 4-Koma also shows Tenryuu being a good children (DD) caretaker.
• Torches - Instant Construction Material
• Touch - General name used for Special Attacks.
• Yasen - "Night Battle"
• ！すでのな - One of Inazuma's lines written "backward", in traditional Japanese format. Also appears as a wall scroll on the furniture page.

Girls nicknames

"Official" nicknames

Names often used either by the devs or the girls themselves, to humanize "number namings" of some ships.

• Furei - I-201
• Fuufu - Kaiboukan No.22
• Fuumi - I-203
• Goya - I-58
• Hachi - I-8
• Hitomi - I-13
• Iku - I-19
• Imuya - I-168
• Iyo - I-14
• Lebe - Z1 in-game nickname
• Leberecht Maass - Z1 official name
• Maass - Z1 most common abreviation
• Max - Z3 in-game nickname
• Max Schultz - Z3 official name
• Miimu - I-36
• Mito - Kaiboukan No.30
• Momochi‎ - No.101 Transport Ship
• Nimu - I-26
• Ro - Ro-500
• Shi Chan - I-41, a lesser official nicnamed, used by I-36
• Shioi - I-401
• Shion - I-400
• Yona - I-47
• Yotsu - Kaiboukan No.4
• Yuu - U-511

Informal nicknames

Names mostly used by the community, ranging from abbreviations and deformations of the original names, or from other trivia facts.

• 101-chan - No.101 Transport Ship
• 2-4-11 - Naka. 2-4-11 refers to the fuel-ammo-steel combination received from her scrap (if scrapping with her default equipment).
• ABKM - Abukuma
• Beaver - Yukikaze's nickname based on her appearance. Japanese call her "Hamster".
• Bep - Verniy, due to her writing in Cyrillic (Верный).
• Bisckuit - Bismarck
• Bucky - Fubuki, notably used by Kongou in the Anime.
• CdC - Conte di Cavour
• Cranes - Shoukaku-class, both being named after cranes.
• Dragons - Souryuu, Hiryuu, Unryuu, Ryuujou, and Ryuuhou, all being named after dragons.
• Ducks - Akizuki-classn the "zuki" sounding like "ducky" in Japanese
• Goto - Gotland
• Hotel - Yamato, reference to her being called that way by Japanese sailors, since she spent more time garrisoning rather than combating.
• Horny - Hornet, sometime Horny Maru
• Kamo - Akitsushima
• KMKZ - Kamikaze
• KTKM - Kitakami. Wordplay from Japanese netslang KTKR which is read as "kita kore", literally "it's here", sort of like "woohoo I got it" or "I've been waiting for this!".
• KWKZ - Kawakaze
• Lady Lex - Lexington
• Melon-chan - Yuubari's nickname due to her uniform color scheme and general resemblance to a melon as well as the City of Yuubari, on the namesake Yuubari River, which is well known for its melons.
• Nagamon - Nagato's name "長門" 2nd kanji, "門", can be pronounced as mon. This name contrasts Nagato's seriousness with the silly and cute things she is usually depicted doing.
• Nagamutsu - Fusion of Nagato and Mutsu names, designating the class or both of them.
• NGNM - Naganami
• Potatoes - Every characters drawn by Shibafu (しばふ), referring to the simple "potatoes-like" shape of their face.
• Pudding - Prinz Eugen, due to her name pronouciation in Japanese
• SKK - Shoukaku
• SMKZ - Shimakaze
• Snail - Mutsu
• Sodak - South Dakota
• Strawberry - Harusame, referring to her hair color.
• Vicky - Victorious
• Whales - Refer to Submarine Tenders having the kanji "鯨" meaning whale in their name.
• Yamasushi - Fusion of Yamato and Musashi names, designating the class or both of them.
• YKKZ - Yukikaze
• YMKZ - Yamakaze
• Zekamashi (ぜかまし) - Shimakaze's name read backward (in traditional Japanese, characters are read right-to-left). Found on one of the Rensouhou-chan's lifebuoys.
• ZKMS - Zekamashi (Shimakaze)
• ZKK - Zuikaku

See here [1] for more informal ships nicknames.

Abyssals nicknames

In addition to the following list, many Abyssal bosses are called by the name of the Kanmusu they represent.

• ACH - Aircraft Carrier Hime
• ACP - Aircraft Carrier Princess
• BRS nicknames :
  • Black Rick Shooter - Heavy Cruiser Ri-Class Kai Flagship
  • Black Ruck Shooter - Battleship Ru-Class Kai Flagship
  • Black Wock Shooter - Standard Carrier Wo-Class Kai Flagship
• CVH - CV Hime
• DJ Hime - Supply Depot Princess, due to her look.
• Goblin - For "Imp" or "Gnome", see here
• Gnome - For "Imp" or "Goblin", see here
• Hime - Princess in Japanese (姫), common to most bosses
• Hoppou - Northern Princess, also known as "Dutch Harbor" & "Hoppou-chan" (北方 = 'Hoppou' = Northern).
• Imp - For "Gnome" or "Goblin", see here
• Installation - Abyssals representing land-based infrastructure instead of ships, being immune to some attacks like torpedoes, but weaker against specialized equipment, see here.
• Kitanda - Air Defense Princess, due to her mocking introduction lines.
• Megane Hime - Airfield Princess Patrol Aircraft Deployment, as she wears glasses.
• Oni - Demon or Ogre in Japanese (鬼), common to most sub-bosses
• Pillbox - A special kind of installation, initially Artillery Imp only.
• PT - PT boats (Patrol Torpedo boat), a type of warship, exclusive to abyssals so far.
• PT Imp - PT Imp Pack
• Rice Hime - American Destroyer Princess, a pun with her kanji reading.
• SDH - Supply Depot Hime
• SDP - Supply Depot Princess
• Sub Loli - New Submarine Princess
• Wanko - Harbour Princess (港湾棲姫 > Kō-wan seiki > Wanko)