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Capital ships were mostly named after provinces, although Kongo-class, being battlecruisers, were named after mountains.

Kongo class
Kongo: "Stability" - "The invincibility of Buddhism"
Hiei: "The Cold" - a monastery and mountain, NE of Kyoto
Kirishima: "Misty Island", a volcano
Haruna: A volcano

Fuso class
Fuso: "Land of Divine Mulberry Trees" (an old name forJapan)
Yamashiro: A province, contains Kyoto

Ise class
Ise: A province, east of Yamato
Hyuga: A province, contains Miyazaki

Nagato class
Nagato: A province
Mutsu: A province, the northern tip of Hokkaido

Tosa (Kaga) class
Tosa: A province, contains Kochi

Kii class
Kii: A province, contains Wakayama, Owari

Yamato class
Yamato: A province, contains Nara and points south. Also, an ancient name for Japan
Musashi: A province, includes Tokyo

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Aircraft carriers and seaplane carriers were mostly named after mythical flying creatures.

Hosho class
Hosho: "How a phoenix dives", implies power

Kaga class
Kaga: "Increased Joy", a province name (Kaga was originally laid down as a battleship)

Akagi class
Akagi: "Red Castle", a volcano in the Kanto area (Akagi was originally laid down as a battlecruiser)

Ryujo class
Ryujo: "Such as a dragon builds", "Sacred Dragon"

Soryu class
Soryu: "Blue-gray dragon"
Hiryu: "Dragon Flying in Heaven"

Zuiho class
Zuiho: "Lucky or Auspicious Phoenix"
Shoho: "Luckbringing Phoenix"

Ryuho class
Ryuho: "Dragon and Phoenix"

Shokaku class
Shokaku: "Crane Flying in Heaven" (also "Happy Crane")
Zuikaku: "Lucky or Fortunate or Auspicious Crane"

Hiyo class
Hiyo: "A Falcon Flying Away"
Junyo: "Wandering Falcon"

Taiho class
Taiho: "Great or Greater Phoenix"

Shinano class
Shinano: A province, containing Nagano City (Shinano was originally laid down as a battleship); also the longest river in Japan

Unryu class
Unryu: "Cloud of a Heaven-flying dragon", "Dragon in Clouds"
Amagi: "Heaven castle," a volcano
Katsuragi "Katsura Castle," a mountain

Chitose class
Chitose: "1000 Years," or, "Long Life", a city
Chiyoda: "That which will live 1000 years or 1000 generations", "Like the Fields" (also the name of the Imperial palace in Tokyo)

Taiyo class
Taiyo: "Greater falcon"
Unyo: "Cloud falcon"
Chuyo "High Seas Falcon"

Kaiyo class
Kaiyo "Sea falcon"

Shinyo class
Shinyo: "Condor"

Mizuho class
Mizuho: Juicy rice ears

Nisshin class
Nisshin: Daily fort patrol

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Large, Heavy or "Type A" Cruisers were named mostly after mountains, but Mogami-class were named after rivers as they were originally laid down as Type-B (light) cruisers.

Furutaka and Aoba classes
Furutaka: "Older Falcon" (a mountain)
Kako: "Captain", a river
Aoba: "Green Leaf", a mountain
Kinugasa: "Silk Parasol", a mountain

Myoko class
Myoko: A volcano
Nachi: A mountain in Kii (q.v.) province
Haguro: A mountain
Ashigara: A mountain

Takao class
Takao: "High Hero", a mountain NW of Kyoto
Atago A mountan near Kyoto
Maya: A mountain north of Kobe
Chokai: "Bird Sea", a volcano in Ugo province

Mogami class
Mogami: A river, divides the Ugo and Uzen provinces
Mikuma: "Three Corners", a river
Kumano: "Snowbell Ringer", a river
Suzuya: A river

Tone class
Tone: "Land Possessor", the river between Musashi (q.v.) and Shimosa provinces
Chikuma: A mountain in Tango province

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Light, Small, or "Type B" cruisers were generally named after rivers & streams.

Tenryu class
Tenryu: "Heaven's Dragon", a river rising at Lake Suwa, in Shinano (q.v.) province - has famous rapids.
Tatsuta: "Dragon Field", a river in Yamato (q.v.) province

Kuma class
Kuma: "Wounded Valley", a river in higo province
Tama: "Mountain Top", or "Wetlands", a river in Musashi (q.v.) province, also a mountain and a place name
Kitakami: "Territory" - a river and a mountain range in Rikuchu province
Oi: "Greater Fountain", a river
Kiso: "Steep Slope", a region near Nagano

Nagara class
Nagara: "River", a river.
Isuzu: "Clear Water" or "50 Bells" , a river.
Yura: "Sand Region", a river in Tango province
Natori: A river
Kinu: "Planted Field", a river
Abukuma: A river

Naka class
Naka: "Water", a river
Sendai: "Natural lake", a river in Satsuma (q.v.) province
Jintsu: "Wonderful Godly Works", a river

Yubari class
Yubari: "Origin at the Hot Springs", a river

Katori class
Katori: A river, and shrine founded by Jimmu Tenno, the divine first emperor
Kashima: "Ferry Island", a place and shrine in hitachi province
Kashii: "Stream Ford", a place on Hakuta bay, and a shrine

Agano class
Agano: "Slope Water", a river, mouth at Matsusasaki town
Noshiro: "Large Passage Through a Plain" - a river in Ugo province
Yahagi: "Fletcher" (arrow maker), a river in Mikawa province
Sakawa: A river in sagami (q.v.) province

Oyodo class
Oyodo: "Big Standing Water", a river

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First class destroyers were named after environmental or calendar names.

Minekaze class
Sawakaze : "Wind from a Swamp" (Lowlands Wind)
Minekaze: "Summit Wind"
Okikaze: "High Seas Wind"
Shimakaze: "Island Wind"
Yakaze: "Wind of an Arrow's Flight"
Hakaze: "Wind from a Wing Stroke", "Following Wind", or "Wind Dancing in Branches"
Nadakaze: "Wind over the Restless (Open) Sea'"
Shiokaze: "Wind and Flame ("Sea Breeze")
Akikaze: "Autumn Wind"
Tachikaze: "Wind from a Swinging Sword", or "Wind From a Sword Stroke"
Yukaze: "Evening Wind"
Hokaze: "Wind on the Sail"
Nokaze: "Wind over Fields"
Numakaze: "Wind over the Marsh"
Namikaze: "High Wave and Strong Wind"

Kamikaze class
Kamikaze: "Divine (God-made) Wind"
Asakaze: "Wind from the Sea after Sunrise" (Sea breeze, Morning Breeze)
Harukaze: "Spring Wind"
Matsukaze: "Wind in the Pines"
Hatakaze: "Flag-flying Wind", "Flag-fluttering breeze"
Asanagi: "Morning Calm" (Cessation of the Asakaze (q.v.))
Yunagi: "Evening Calm" (Cessation of the Land Breeze) (wind from land after sunset)
Oite:Tailwind (Fair or favorable wind)
Hayate: "Storm Gust" (Gale)

Mutsuki class
Satsuki: "Month of First Buds"
Kisarigi: "Second Month"
Yayoi: "Month of Growing Plants"
Mutsuki: "Month (moon) of First Rice-Sowing"
Uzuki: "Month of Blooming Makinos"
Fumizuki: "Month of Rice Ears"
Kikuzuki: "Month of Chrysanthemum Blooms"
Minazuki: "Sixth Month"
Mikazuki: "Sickle Moon"
Nagatsuki: "Month of Long Moonlight"
Yuzuki: "Evening Moon"
Mochizuki: "Full Moon"

Fubuki class
Murakumo: "Gathering Clouds" or "Cluster of Clouds"
Hatsuyuki: "Winter's or Year's First Snow"
Fubuki: "Snowstorm"
Isonami: "Shore Wave" (Surf)
Shinonome: "Morning Twilight" or "Daybreak Clouds"
Usugumo: "Thin Misty Clouds"
Shirakumo: "White Clouds"
Shirayuki: "White Snow"
Miyuki: "Deep Snow"
Uranami: "Waves in a Bay", "Bay Wave"
Shikinami: "Rolling Waves" (Waves Chasing One Another)
Ayanami: "Wave Patterns", "Weave Wave", (Waves whose beauty suggests figures woven in silk)
Asagiri: "Morning Mist"
Sagiri: "Mist"
Amagiri: "Dampening (Dewey) Mist", "Mist in the Sky"
Yugiri: "Evening Mist"
Akebono: "Daybreak (Dawn)"
Oboro: "Mist Veil Through Which Only a Shade of the Moon is Visible", or "Haziness Diffusing the Moonlight"
Ushio: "Tide"
Sazanami: "Curling Waves (Ripples)", or "Pretty, Small Waves Raised by a Zephyr"

Akatsuki class
Ikazuchi: "Thunder"
Inazuma: "Lightning (Thunderbolt)"
Akatsuki: "Dawn"
Hibiki: "Echo"

Hatsuharu class
Nenohi: "New Year Festival of Old Japan"
Hatsuharu: "Spring Rains"
Hatsushimo: "First Frost of Season"
Wakaba: "Fresh Verdure" (Young leaf or leaves)
Yugure: "Evening", "Evening Dusk"
Ariake: "Dawn, But Still the Moon Remains in the Sky", "Dawn Twilight"

Shiratsuyu class
Shiratsuyu: "Shimmering Dew" (White Dew)
Shigure: "The Frequent Rains of Fall and Winter" (Autumn Shower)
Murasame: "Frequent Rain Showers" (Scattered Showers), or just "Shower"
Samidare: "Monsoon Rain Over Land" (Early Summer Rain)
Harusame: "Light Spring Rain Before the Leaves Bud", or just "Spring Rain"
Yamakaze: "Mountain Wind" (Wind From the Hills)
Yudachi: "Evening Thunder Shower in Summer"
Kawakaze: "Winter Wind" (Wind on the River?)
Umikaze: "Sea Breeze"
Suzukaze: "Cool Breeze in Summer"

Asashio class
Asashio: "Morning High Tide"
Michishio: "Flood (Tide Running Full)"
Oshio: "High Tide"
Arashio: "Rough Sea Flood" (Tide)
Natsugumo: "White Summer Clouds"
Yamagumo: "Mountain Clouds (White Clouds in the Hills)
Minegumo: "Summit Clouds (White Cloud on the Mountain Peak)
Asagumo: "(White) Morning Clouds"
Arare: "Hail"
Kasumi: "Haze" (Mist of Flowers)

Kagero class
Shiranui: "Phosphorescent Foam"
Kuroshio: "Black Current" (Warm current from Japan across N. Pacific)
Kagero: "Glimmering Spring Air", or "The Shimmering Mist that Rises from the Earth on a Hot Day"
Oyashio: "Cold Current"
Hatsukaze: "Year's First Wind"
Natsushio: "Summer Tide"
Yukikaze: "Snowy Wind"
Hayashio: "Swift-Moving Tide"
Isokaze: "Wind on the Beach"
Amatsukaze: "Heavenly Wind"
Tokitsukaze: "Favorable Wind"
Urakaze: "Wind on the Sea"
Arashi: "Storm"
Hagikaze: "Wind Before the Horn Clover Blooms"
Nowaki: "Fall Gales"
Tanikaze: "Wind from the Mountain to the Valley"
Hamakaze: "Wind on the Strand"
Maikaze: "Whirlwind"

Yugumo class
Yugumo: "Evening Clouds"
Akigumo: "Autumn Clouds"
Kazegumo: "Clouds Driven by Heaven's Winds"
Makigumo: "Cirrus Clouds" (Rolling Clouds)
Makinami: "Overflowing Waves" (Rolling Wave)
Naganami: "Long Waves" Takanami: "Pearly Waves" (High Wave?)
Onami: "Billow Wave" (Big Rough Waves)"
Kiyonami: "Clear Waves"
Hayanami: "Quickly-following Waves"
Tamanami: "High Climbing Waves"
Suzunami: "Breaking Waves"
Hamanami: "Beach Waves"
Fujinami: "Growth of Imperial Wisdom"
Asashimo: "Morning Frost"
Okinami: "High Seas Waves"
Kishinami: "Shore Waves"
Hayashimo: "Return to Time of Frost"
Akishimo: "Autumn Frost"
Kiyoshimo: "Clear Frost"

Shimakaze class
Shimakaze: "Island Wind"

Akizuki class
Akizuki: "Autumn Moon"
Teruzuki: "Pale or Lighter Moon, Shining Moon"
Suzutsuki: "Colder Moon"
Hatsutsuki: "New Moon"
Niizuki: "New Moon"
Wakatsuki: "Moon in First Quarter"
Shimotsuki: "11th Month" (Month of Frost, Frost Moon)
Fuyutsuki: "Winter Moon"
Harutsuki: "Spring Moon"
Yoizuki: "Moon Visible as Day Joins Evening"
Hanatsuki: "Blooming Moon"
Natsuzuki: "Summer Moon"

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