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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 | |
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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 | Ship Type | |
CT | Closing Torpedo Salvo | Combat | ||
CTF | Carrier Task Force | Combat | ||
CV | CV | Character Voice | Same as VA or Seiyuu | Ship Type |
CV | Aircraft Carrier | Standard Aircraft Carrier only in the game | Ship Type | |
CVB | Armored Aircraft Carrier / Armored Carrier | Ship Type | ||
CVCI | Aircraft Carrier Cut-In | Combat | ||
CVNCI | Aircraft Carrier Night Cut-In | Combat | ||
CVE | Escort Carrier | An ASW specialized light aircraft carrier | Ship Type | |
CVL | Light Aircraft Carrier / Light Carrier | Ship Type | ||
CVN | Night Aircraft Carrier | Not "nuclear CV" here | Ship Type | |
DA | Double Attack | Several cut-in types | Combat | |
DC | Depth Charge | Equipment | ||
DCP | Depth Charge Projector | Equipment | ||
DCR | Depth Charge Rack | Equipment | ||
DD | Destroyer | Ship Type | ||
DE | "Destroyer Escort" | This designates "Coastal Defense Ship" (Kaiboukan) in Kancolle | Ship Type | |
DK2 | 12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model D Kai 2 | Equipment | ||
DK3 | 12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model D Kai 3 | Equipment | ||
DLC | Daihatsu Landing Craft | Often designate all Landing Craft | Equipment | |
DM | Development Material | Item | ||
DP | Dual-Purpose | For either Radars or High-Angle Guns, being both used for "air" and "surface" roles | Equipment | |
EO | Extra Operation | Maps coming after the "MO" in the world | General | |
FBB | Fast Battleship | Ship Type | ||
FCA | Fleet Communication Antenna | Equipment | ||
FCF | Fleet Command Facility | Sometimes designate all Command Facilities |
Equipment | |
FCM | First Class Medal | Item | ||
FF | FF | Friendly Fleet | Combat | |
FF | Fast Fleet | Combat | ||
FP | FP | Firepower | Combat | |
FP | Fighter Power | Combat | ||
FS | Flagship | General | ||
GS | Great Success | General | ||
GTRL | Gun-Torpedo-Radar-Lookout | A "New Type" cut-in setup | Combat | |
HA | HA | High-Altitude Interceptors | Combat | |
HA | High-Angle Guns | Equipment | ||
HMAS | Her/His Majesty's Australian Ship | Trivia | ||
HMS | Her/His Majesty's Ship | Trivia | ||
HNLMS | Her/His Netherlands Majesty's Ship | Trivia | ||
HQ | Headquarter | Admiral's personal level | General | |
IC | Instant Construction Material | Item | ||
IJA | Imperial Japanese Army | Trivia | ||
IJN | Imperial Japanese Navy | Trivia | ||
IM | Improvement Material | Item | ||
IR | Instant Repair | Item | ||
JA | Jet Assault | Combat | ||
KBK | Kaiboukan | Ship Type | ||
KC | Kantai Collection | Trivia | ||
KMS | Kriegsmarine Ships | Nazi Germany Navy | Trivia | |
LM | Late Model | Mostly referring to revised equipment variations, being more capable | Equipment | |
LB | Land-Based | Generaly to designate land-base planes | Equipment | |
LBAS | Land-Based Air Squadron | Combat | ||
LD | Last Dance | The last form of a map/boss, once the map HP bar is only 1 kill to be depleted/cleared | Combat | |
LFB | Large Flying Boat | Equipment | ||
LHA | Amphibious Assault Ship | Ship Type | ||
LoS | Line of Sight | Combat | ||
LSC | Large Ship Construction | General | ||
LST | Landing Ship, Tank | Ship Type | ||
MN | Marine Nationale | French "National Navy" | Trivia | |
MO | Main Operation | All main maps (other than EO) | General | |
NOAP | NOAP | Night Operation Aviation Personnel | Equipment | |
NOAP+ | Night Operation Aviation Personnel + Skilled Deckhands | Equipment | ||
NSCM | Night Skilled Crew Member | Item | ||
OA | Opening Airstrike | Combat | ||
OASW | Opening ASW | Combat | ||
OT | Opening Torpedo Salvo | Combat | ||
Otorp | Opening Torpedo Salvo | Combat | ||
RADAR | RAdio Detection And Ranging | Equipment | ||
RAN | Royal Australian Navy | Trivia | ||
RE | Reinforcement Expansion | Extra ship slot | Item | |
RL | Rocket Launcher | Mostly 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher & 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni, but can designate most "Rocket munitions" | Equipment | |
RLK2 | 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni | Equipment | ||
RM | Regia Marina | Italian "Royal Navy" | Trivia | |
RN | Royal Navy | Trivia | ||
RNN | Royal Netherlands Navy | Trivia | ||
RP | Ranking Points | General | ||
RSC | Resources | General | ||
RNG | Random Number Generation | Trivia | ||
SCAMP | Skilled Carrier-based Aircraft Maintenance Personnel | Not to be confused with the USS Scamp | Equipment | |
SCM | Skilled Crew Members | Item | ||
SDP | SDP | Skilled Deck Personnels |
Equipment | |
SDP+ | Skilled Deck Personnel + Aviation Maintenance Hands | Equipment | ||
SE | Support Expedition | Combat | ||
SF | Striking Force Fleet | Combat | ||
SFFCF | Striking Force Fleet Command Facility | Equipment | ||
SFCF | Striking Force Fleet Command Facility | Equipment | ||
SLO | Skilled Lookouts | Sometimes all Surface Ship Personnels |
Equipment | |
SONAR | SOund Navigation And Ranging | Equipment | ||
SPB | Seaplane Bomber | Equipment | ||
SPF | Seaplane Fighter | Equipment | ||
SPR | Seaplane Recon | Equipment | ||
SS | Submarine | Ship Type | ||
SSLO | Super SLO | Equipment | ||
SSV | Aircraft Carrying Submarine | Ship Type | ||
STF | Surface Task Force | Combat | ||
TCI | Torpedo Cut-In | Combat | ||
TCF | Transport Combined Fleet | Combat | ||
TE | Transport Escort | Combat | ||
TP | TP | Torpedo stat | Combat | |
TP | Torpedo equipment | Equipment | ||
TP | Transport Points | Combat | ||
TSLO | Torpedo Squadron Skilled Lookouts | Equipment | ||
TSSL | Torpedo Squadron Skilled Lookouts | Equipment | ||
TTK | Teitoku | Japaneses for "Admiral" | Trivia | |
USN | United States Navy | Trivia | ||
USS | United States Ship | Trivia | ||
VA | Voice Actress | Same as CV or Seiyuu | Trivia | |
WG | WG42 (Wurfgerät 42) | Equipment | ||
WG42 | WG42 (Wurfgerät 42) | Equipment |
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.
Abreviation | Meaning | Notes | Context | |
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Algebra | TBM-3W+3S | Because of its name looking like a math formula | Equipment | |
AirMat | New Model Aviation Development Material | Item | ||
ArmMat | New Model Armament Material | Item | ||
AvMat | New Model Aviation Development Material | Item | ||
Big Seven | Nagato-class, Nelson-class, Colorado-class | The first 7 battleships built to carry the biggest naval guns (>40 cm) allowed by the Washington Naval Treaty | Ship Type | |
Blow torches | Instant Construction Material | Item | ||
Bucket | Instant Repair Material | Item | ||
Bulldozer | Construction Corps | Item | ||
BURNING LOVE | Notable line from Kongou | Trivia | ||
C2 | C2 Praparat | Studio/Dojin circle behind Kancolle | Trivia | |
Carrot | Night Skilled Crew Member | The fairy is eating a carrot | Item | |
Chi-Ha | Type 97 Medium tank | Japanese tank's name | Equipment | |
Choujuusenchihou | 長10cm砲 | Akizuki-class's pet | Trivia | |
Chuuha | "Moderately Damaged" | Japanese, orange damaged | Combat | |
Cut-In | special powerful attacks | Trigges when using a right set of specific gears | Combat | |
DameCon | Emergency Repair Personnel | Equipment | ||
DameGami | Emergency Repair Goddess | Equipment | ||
DameKami | Emergency Repair Goddess | Equipment | ||
Debuff | A mechanic that weaken some event bosses | Combat | ||
DevMat | Development Materials | Item | ||
Fighter-Mulle | The process of equipping a ship with only "fighters", to gain air superiority (AS) | Combat | ||
Flamethrower | Instant Construction Material | Item | ||
Gingusa | Ginga (Egusa Squadron) | Equipment | ||
Green T | Crossing the T (Advantage) | Battle Engagement | Combat | |
GunMat | New Model Gun Development Material | Item | ||
Hole Punch | Reinforcement Expansion | Item | ||
Ho-Ni | Toku Daihatsu Landing Craft + Type 1 Gun Tank | Japanese tank's name | Equipment | |
I-Go | Daihatsu Landing Craft (Type 89 Medium Tank & Landing Force) | Japanese tank's name | Equipment | |
I-go | "1st Class Submarines" | IJN designation | Ship Type | |
Ka-Mi | Special Type 2 Amphibious Tank | Japanese tank's name | Equipment | |
Ka-Tsu | Special Type 4 Amphibious Tank |
Japanese tank's name | Equipment | |
KancoDex | Library | Kancolle's "Pokedex", sometimes, just KanDex | General | |
Kancolle | Kantai Collection | Trivia | ||
Kanmusu | "Ship-girl | Japanese, abbreviation of "kantai musume" | Trivia | |
Kuso | "Bad"/"Shitty" | Japanese, 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. | Trivia | |
MelonMat | New Model Armament Material | Referencing the Yuubari fairy on it | Item | |
Nuke | Anti-installation setup | Uses tanks, craft, and artillery, doing "nuclear-like" damage (up to 9999) | Combat | |
Penguin | Failure Box | Notably featuring a penguin/toucan-like bird, and appearing each time a ship modernization or equipment craft is failed | General | |
Poi | っぽい | Catchphrase of Yuudachi, meaning "maybe", referring to Ironbottom Sound | Trivia | |
ProtoPult | Prototype Flight Deck Catapult | Item | ||
Red T | Crossing the T (Disadvantage) | Battle Engagement | Combat | |
Recon | Reconnaissance Planes | Referring to either "Seaplane Recons" or/and "yellow Reconnaissance Aircraft" | Equipment | |
Rensouhou | 連装砲 | Danbo-like robot pets appearing with some ships, namely Shimakaze, Amatsukaze, and Helena | Trivia | |
Rocket | See Rocket for more details | A form of propulsion, different from the usual propeller blades or turbojets | Equipment | |
RocketMat | New Model Rocket Development Material | Item | ||
RoSa | "Type 4 Incendiary Rocket" | Japanese AA rockets: 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher & 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni | Equipment | |
Sanshiki | "Type 3 Shell" | Japanese AA Shells | Equipment | |
Screw | Improvement Materials | Item | ||
Secretary | 1st fleet flagship | The girl displayed on the main menu, affecting several mechanics | General | |
Seiyuu | Japanese Character Voice/Voice Actress | Same as CV or VA | Trivia | |
Shirei-kan | "Commander" | Japanese | Trivia | |
Shouha | "Lightly Damaged" | Japanese, yellow damaged | Combat | |
Synergy | Used to describe the positive effect given by equipping certain equipment together, mainly referring to ASW Synergy, Speed Synergy, and Fit Bonuses | Combat | ||
Spoon | Vanguard Formation | Named after its shape | Combat | |
Tags | Ship Locking | Events only | Combat | |
Taiha | "Heavily Damaged" | Japanese, red damaged | Combat | |
Taitei | Type 2 Large Flying Boat | Name mostly used by Akitsushima | Equipment | |
Tanaka | Kensuke Tanaka | Creator and original programmer of Kancolle | Trivia | |
Tank | See Tanks for more details | Can refer to Landing Tanks, Amphibious Vehicles, or Landing Forces | Equipment | |
Teitoku | "Admiral" | Japanese | Trivia | |
Torches | Instant Construction Material | Item | ||
Touch | Special Attacks | Combat | ||
Ukiwa | Gambier Bay's buoy pets | Imp-like pets | Trivia | |
Yasen | "Night Battle" | Japanese | Combat | |
Nano Desu | すでのな | Inazuma's gimmick line (in traditional Japanese format). Also appears as a wall scroll. | Trivia | |
Lanking | Ranking | Ranking | ||
Lonking | Ranking | Ranking | ||
Senka | Ranking Points | Ranking | ||
Cannon | Quests rewarding ranking points | Ranking | ||
Initials | Initial ranking points | Points accumulated from the previous month | Ranking | |
Carryover | Initial ranking points | Points accumulated from the previous month | Ranking | |
Ranker | Player participating in Ranking | Ranking | ||
Rank | Player's rank in the Server | Ranking | ||
Senkatard | Ranker | Ranking | ||
Schizo | Ranker | Ranking | ||
Union | Top 5 Rank | Ranking | ||
Yonhap | Top 5 Rank | Ranking | ||
Kiriban | "Lucky Tiers" ranks | Ranking | ||
BG | Top 1 ranker | As it has his secretary displayed in the background of the official results board | Ranking | |
Clown | Top 20 ranker | Ranking | ||
Brunei | 7-1 | Refers to the map location and not the server | Ranking | |
Kisu | 3-2 | Refers to the map location | Ranking | |
Graduate | Cap HQ experience | Reaching 396 000 000 exp, referring to the idol industry term for "retirement" | Ranking | |
Dead | Cap HQ experience | Reaching 396 000 000 exp, such player is unable to rank any further | Ranking | |
Hidden EO | Clearing EO in between 14h00 and 22h00 JST of the last day of a month | Ranking | ||
RRW | Ranking Rewards | Ranking |
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
- Sentaka - Sentaka-Dai, the I-201-class type, meaning "High-speed (Large) Submarine"
- Sentoku - Sentoku, the I-400-class type, meaning "Special Type Submarine"
- 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
Abreviation | Meaning | Notes | Context |
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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
Abreviation | Meaning | Notes | Context |
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See here [1] for more informal ships nicknames.
nicknames
In addition to the following list, many Abyssal bosses are called by the name of the Kanmusu they represent.
- Abyssals - ?
- 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)
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