| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 総理大臣 | そうりだいじん | Prime Minister |
| 総会 | そうかい | general meeting |
| 総会屋 | そうかいや | extortionist that threatens to disrupt stock-holder meetings |
| 総務 | そうむ | general business (affairs), manager, director, adjutant general (mil) |
| 総合 | そうごう | synthesis; comprehensive |
| 総同盟罷業 | そうどうめいひぎょう | general strike |
| 総帥 | そうすい | commander, leader |
| 総括 | そうかつ | synthesis, recap, generalize, generalise |
| 総括主宰者 | そうかつしゅさいしゃ | (electoral) campaign manager |
| 総指揮 | そうしき | supreme command, direction over all |
| 総桐 | そうぎり | made entirely of paulownia wood |
| 総理 | そうり | prime minister, leader, overseer (of national affairs), president |
| 総理府 | そうりふ | Prime Minister's office, PMO |
| 総監 | そうかん | inspector general, commissioner |
| 総督 | そうとく | governor-general, governor, viceroy |
| 総統 | そうとう | supreme ruler; president (of Taiwan); fuhrer, fuehrer |
| 総菜 | そうざい | side dish, daily (household) dish |
| 総裁 | そうさい | president |
| 総覧 | そうらん | guide, general survey, conspectus, comprehensive bibliography |
| 総評 | そうひょう | general comment; General Council of Trade Unions of Japan |
| 総辞職 | そうじしょく | mass resignation |
| 総選挙 | そうせんきょ | general election (of the lower house) |
| 総量 | そうりょう | aggregate amount |
| 総長 | そうちょう | (college) president, secretary-general |
| 総領事 | そうりょうじ | consul general |
| 総額 | そうがく | sum total, total amount |