| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 歴史 | れきし | history |
| 学歴 | がくれき | academic background |
| 履歴 | りれき | personal history, background, career, log, record |
| 履歴書 | りれきしょ | personal history, curriculum vitae, resume |
| 披歴 | ひれき | express one's opinion, making known, revealing, stating |
| 歴代 | れきだい | successive generations, successive emperors |
| 歴任 | れきにん | successive jobs, consecutive jobs |
| 歴史的 | れきしてき | historic, historical, traditional |
| 歴史的経緯から | れきしてきけいいから | for historical reasons |
| 歴然 | れきぜん | evident, plain, distinct, clear |
| 歴訪 | れきほう | round of calls, tour of visitation |
| 略歴 | りゃくれき | brief personal record, short curriculum vitae, short CV |
| 経歴 | けいれき | personal history, career |
| 逮捕歴 | たいほれき | criminal record |
| 遍歴 | へんれき | travels, pilgrimage, itinerancy |
| 閲歴 | えつれき | career |