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Glossary
Class classification
- not in alphabetical
| Terms | In Japanese | In Japanese alphabet | Meaning | Note |
| DD | 駆逐艦 | ku chiku kan | Destroyer | USN classification [1] |
| CL | 軽巡洋艦 | kei jun you kan | Light Cruiser | |
| 重雷装巡洋艦 | ju rai sou jun you kan |
Multi-Torpedo Cruiser | ||
| CA | 重巡洋艦 | ju jun you kan | Heavy Cruiser | |
| 航空巡洋艦 | kou kuu jun you kan | Aircraft Carrier Cruiser | ||
| BB | 戦艦 | sen kan | Battleship | |
| 航空戦艦 | kou kuu sen kan | Aircraft Carrier Battleship | ||
| CVL | 軽空母 | kei kuu bo | Light Carrier | |
| CV | 正規空母 | sei ki kuu bo | (standard) Carrier | |
| SS | 潜水艦 | sen sui kan | Submarine | |
| 潜水空母 | sen sui kuu bo | Aircraft Carrier Submarine | ||
| AV | 水上機母艦 | sui jou ki bo kan | Seaplane Tender |
空母 (kuu bo) is an abbreviation of 航空母艦 (kou kuu bo kan).
General
API link
Method to access the game without having to access DMM. see Play without VPN/Proxy
Crossing the T
Classic naval strategy in which a line of warships crossed in front of a line 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.
Docking
See Docking for complete information. Place to repair your ship. Also known as repair bath. Use bucket (高速修復材) for instant repair.
Expedition
See Expedition for complete information. Missions for sending (usually) destroyers and light cruisers on in exchange for resources. You don't get to see any combat like in sorties. One of the main sources of income.
Fatigue
See Alright, I built my ship, kicked some ass and I noticed the orange faces. What gives?.
Shows as orange/sad faces if the ships are too fatigued. Rest them for 15 minutes or so if it happens.
- Return to base: +15
- Going to night battle: +3
Food supply ship Mamiya
Remove any fatigue on your fleet. if you don't use it, it could function as fatigue indicator. See here for the wikipedia entry.
Modernization
see Modernization. for complete information
Process of using unused ships to increase stats(Firepower, AA, Torpedo, Armor) of a single ship. Also known as Merging.
PVP-like battle with no risk of repair and sinking, only cost you fuel, ammo and bauxite. Opponent teams update in real-time, but there is no simultaneous play.
- New opponent list refreshed at 03:00 and 15:00 JST
Phases of Battle
- Day Battle
- Reconnaissance (Stat boost, avoid being T-crossed)
- 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 (regular airstrike happens here)
- Post-battle torpedo strike
- Night Battle
Remodel
Often confused with Modernization, will usually result in *ship name*-Kai (改). also known as Upgrading.
Sparkle
See My ship is sparkling/glittering!.
Tracer-fire effect
This occurs when a ship fires any equipped machineguns to defend itself, reducing incoming damage from enemy bombers. Your lead ship will always do this by default, even without any anti-air stat (will shoot down nothing in that case).
Equipment
Color-coded Aircraft
- Red Plane: Dive Bomber
- Blue Plane: Torpedo Bomber
- Green-
- Carrier-based Plane: Air Superiority Fighter
- Seaplane: Uncategorized, recon and bomber seaplane are lumped together in this icon.
- Yellow Plane: Recon Plane
It is based on their roles, not ability.
- Red Gun: Main Gun; Primarily used against ships, but in some cases has the ability to attack aircraft (e.g. 46cm Triple Cannon).
- Yellow Gun: Secondary Gun; could not attack aircraft, but increase the accuracy and AA stats.
- Green Gun: High-angle dual-purpose guns or AA machine guns
- High-angle guns have the ability to attack both aircraft and ships. This Includes the 12.7cm green gun and the 10cm green gun. Has a chance to trigger a forward-sliding motion of your ship's card in battle to reduce the amount of aircraft bombing your entire fleet in the initial airstrike phase. (The 46cm red gun also has this function; see above.)
- AA machine guns specifically attack aircraft and always trigger tracer-fire effect. Guns in this category include the 7.7mm machine gun all the way up to the 12cm x30 rocket launcher mount. These trigger a tracer-fire effect in battle and reduce the amount of aircraft bombing a single ship in the initial airstrike phase.
Midget Submarine
Also known as Type A Ko-hyoteki (甲標的甲型), it's a submarine equipable on Torpedo Cruiser (e.g. Kitakami), Submarine, and Seaplane Tender. Frequently used because of their ability to attack before the shelling phase.
Turbine
An important equipment for Destroyer and other ships with low armor in mid-game. Help ships to evade any incoming attack.
Trivia
2-4-11
The fleet idol, Naka-chan dayo!~ (see number 48 designation).
2-4-11 refers to the fuel/ammo/steel combination received from her scrap.
Beaver
See Yukikaze and notice the similarities. pic related.
Big Seven
A group of warship built to carry the biggest naval gun (41cm) allowed by the Washington Naval Treaty. It comprise of Nagato, Mutsu, USS West Virginia, USS Maryland, USS Colorado, HMS Rodney, and HMS Nelson.
BURNING LOVE
Notable line from Kongo, a Kongo-class battleship built by Vickers Shipbuilding Company. Loves tea and fond of using English words due to her being built in Britain. Other examples:
- 提督ゥ～、You've Got Mail! Love letterは許さないからネ!
- Wow! Congratulations!
- Tea timeは大事にしないとネー
KTKM
Shorthand for Kitakami.
Melon-chan
Nickname for Yubari due to her uniform color scheme and general resemblance to a melon as well as the city of Yubari, on the namesake Yubari river, which is well known for its melons.
Rensouhou-chan (連装砲ちゃん)
A Danbo-like robot which appears with Shimakaze.
RJ/Airport
Light Carrier Ryūjō which has a very flat chest. Don't complain about it, the chart agrees.
Slut
a wordfilter for Shimakaze.
Tenryu Kindergarten
A common theme where Tenryu and her destroyers escort was regularly used in expeditions due to her low fuel and ammo cost. The official 4-koma also showed Tenryu as being good at taking care of children (destroyers), hence the name.
Zekamashi (ぜかまし)
Shimakaze's name read backward (in traditional Japanese, characters are read right-to-left).
List of vessels by Japanese voice actresses
Saki Fujita -- Akagi, Fusou, Yamashiro, Kagerou, Shiranui, Kuroshio, Yukikaze
Yuka Iguchi -- Kaga, Tone, Chikuma, Tenryuu, Tatsuta, Nagara, Isuzu, Natori
Yuka Ootsubo -- Ise, Hyuuga, Furutaka, Kako, Ooi, Kitakami, Hiyou, Junyou
Sumire Uesaka -- Souryuu, Hiryuu, Fubuki, Shirayuki, Hatsuyuki, Miyuki, Murakumo, Isonami
Ayane Sakura -- Nagato, Mutsu, Shimakaze, Kuma, Tama, Kiso, Sendai, Jintsuu, Naka
Nao Touyama -- Kongou, Hiei, Haruna, Kirishima, Takao, Atago, Maya, Choukai, Ayanami, Shikinami
Aya Suzaki -- Mogami, Houshou, Aoba, Akatsuki, Hibiki, Ikazuchi, Inazuma
Risa Taneda -- Myoukou, Nachi, Ashigara, Haguro, Shouhou, Samidare, Suzukaze
Motoko Kobayashi -- Hatsuharu, Nenohi, Wakaba, Hatsushimo, Oboro, Akebono, Ushio, Murasame, Yuudachi
Rina Hidaka -- Ryuujou, Mutsuki, Kisaragi, Satsuki, Fumizuki, Nagatsuki, Kikuzuki, Mikazuki, Mochizuki
Iori Nomizu -- Shoukaku, Zuikaku, Kinu, Abukuma
Megumi Nakajima -- Mikuma, I-168, I-58, Kinugasa
Ayana Taketatsu -- Yamato, (Akigumo and Yuugumo unconfirmed)
Sarah Emi Bridcut -- Maikaze, Yuubari, (Suzuya unconfirmed)
Kozue Hayasaka -- Sazanami, Akebono, Ushio, Oboro
Yumi Tanibe (谷邊 由美) -- Yura, Shigure, Murasame, Yuudachi, Shiratsuyu
Miyagawa Wakana -- Chitose, Chiyoda, Asashio, Ooshio, Michishio, Arashio, Arare, Kasumi
Komatsu Mana -- Zuihou
Possibly Rie Tanaka? -- Stage and Event bosses -- 敵巨大母艦, 鬼, 姫, 戦鬼, 戦姫
Uncredited -- Kumano, I-19, Hatsukaze