Kido, Places, and Other Relevant Terms List

Adjuchas: the second stage of Menos Grande evolution. They are smaller, less numerous, smarter and stronger than Gillians.

Arrancar: Arrancar are Hollows that have gained Shinigami-like powers by removing their masks.

Asauchi: class of nameless Zanpakutō that all low-class Shinigami wield.

Bakudō (way of binding)

Bakudō #1 Sai (restrain)

Bakudō #4 Hainawa (crawling rope)

Bakudō #9 Geki (strike) [Disintegrate, you black dog of Rondanini! Look upon yourself with horror and then claw out your own throat!]

Bakudō #21 Sekienton (red smoke escape)

Bakudō #26 Kyakko (curving light)

Bakudō #30 Shitotsu Sansen (break-piercing triple beam)

Bakudō #39 Enkosen (arc shield)

Bakudō #61 Rikujōkōrō (six rods prison of light) [Carriage of thunder. Bridge of a spinning wheel. With light, divide this into six.]

Bakudō #62 Hyapporankan (hundred steps fence)

Bakudō #63 Sajo Sabaku

Bakudō #75 Gochutekkan (quintet of 1 kan iron pillars) [Walls of iron sand, a priestly pagoda, glowing ironclad fireflies. Standing upright, silent to the end.]

Bakudō #81 Danku (splitting void)

Bokken: a wooden sword used for training purposes. It is typically the same size as a katana.

Calligraphy: a form of artistic writing.

Cero: a destructive beam released by Menos Grande, Arrancar or Visored.

Central 46 Compound

Chain of Fate: a chain that connects the Human body to its soul. If it is no longer connected to the body, then the soul cannot return to their body.

Daireishokairo: The Great Archive which contains all the knowledge and history of Soul Society.

Dangai: the tunnel-like area connecting the Human World and Soul Society.

Denreishinki: an electronic inter-dimensional communications device that looks nearly identical to mobile phones found in the Human World. It is used by Shinigami while on assignment in the Human World.

Dojo: a training area for martial arts.

Eishōhaki: a technique that releases Kidō without a spirit chant. While faster, it also makes it harder to draw out the full power of the spell.

Encroachment: this is when a Plus begins the process of transforming into a Hollow, once the Chain of Fate is separated from a spirit.

Espada: the top-ranked Arrancar in Sōsuke Aizen's army.

Fracción: a subsection of the Números that directly serve a specific Espada.

Garganta: means by which Hollows travel between the Human World, the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo.

Gentei Kaijo (限定解除, "Limiter Release"): Command to release the Gentei Reiin.

Gentei Reiin (限定霊印, "Soul-Limiting Symbol"): Means by which Shinigami captains and lieutenants have their spiritual energy reduced by about 80% when they enter the Human World by means of a spiritual limit in order not to cause unnecessarily high damage while there.

Gigai: An artificial body used by Shinigami in the Human World

Gikon: An artificial soul used by Shinigami to inhabit their Gigai or to evict stubborn spirits from their corpses.

Gikongan: Commonly called Soul Candy, it is a pill containing a Gikon.

Gillian: the first and weakest class of Menos Grande, equivalent to foot soldiers. They are great in numbers and look alike.

Gokon Tekkō: a glove which has this skull symbol on it, which Rukia uses several times to force Ichigo out of his body

Gotei 13: a military force consisting of 13 divisions that protect Soul Society.

Hadō (way of destruction)

Hadō #1 Shō (thrust)

Hadō #4 Byakurai (pale lightning)

Hadō #31 Shakkahō (Shot of red fire) [Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of man! Inferno and pandemonium, the sea barrier surges, march on to the south!]

Hadō #33 Sōkatsui (blue fire, crash down) [Ye lord! Mask of flesh and bone, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of man! Truth and temperance, upon this sinless wall of dreams unleash but slightly the wrath of your claws!]

Hadō #73 Sōren Sōkatsui (twin lotus blue fire, crash down) [Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of man! On the wall of blue flame, inscribe a twin lotus. In the abyss of conflagration, wait at the far heavens.]

Hadō #90 Kurohitsugi (black coffin) [sleeping crest of turbidity. Arrogant vessel of lunacy! Boil forth and deny! Grow numb and flicker! Disrupt sleep! Crawling queen of iron! Eternally self-destructing doll of mud! Unite! Repulse! Fill with soil and know your own powerlessness!]

Hakusui: source of spiritual power in a Shinigami.

Hakuda: A Shinigami specific form of hand-to-hand combat.

Hanki: A technique that combats an opponent's Kidō by hitting it with a Kidō of the same quality and quantity spinning in the opposite direction.

Haori: a long kimono-like jacket. Captains of the Gotei 13 wear white haori with the number of their Division displayed on the back and markings along the bottom edge.

Hell

High-Speed Regeneration: an ability that allows a Hollow to heal most injuries very quickly.

Hollow: A creature created when a Plus succumbs to encroachment and loses its heart.

Hollowfication: term used to describe the process in which Shinigami gain Hollow powers or the act of donning a Hollow mask.

Hōgyoku: an orb created by Kisuke Urahara which can, among other things, breakdown the barrier between Hollows and Shinigami.

Hueco Mundo: the dimension where Hollows and Arrancar usually reside.

Human World

Jigokuchō: Commonly called Hell Butterflies, they are black butterflies that guide Shinigami through the Senkaimon when travelling between the Soul Society and the Human World and deliver messages.

Jinzen: the method used by Shinigami converse with their Zanpakutō in their inner world.

Jūreichi (重霊地, Important Spirit Ground): the point in the Human World that possesses the greatest concentration of spiritual beings.

Kaikyō Kotei: a method of restricting the flow of the Kōryū in the Dangai.

Kaizō Konpaku: specially created artificial souls with enhanced attributes designed to fight Hollows.

Kama: a sickle.

Kan: the currency of Soul Society.

Kanabō: spiked or knobbed clubs of various sizes made from heavy wood or iron.

Karakura Town

Katana: a traditional Japanese sword worn by samurai.

Kenseikan: headpiece worn by members of the nobility.

Kidō: A broad grouping of magic spells used by Shinigami which serve a wide variety of uses such as healing, defense, or combat.

Kikanshinki: A Shinigami device for replacing memories.

Koi: a fish from the carp family with distinctive colors and patterns.

Kōjutsu Eishō: reciting the incantation for a Kidō spell after initiating the spell in order to power it up.

Konpaku: a soul.

Konsō: The ritual whereby a Shinigami sends a Plus to Soul Society by tapping the soul's head with the hilt of their Zanpakutō.

Kōryū: the current that is constantly flowing through the Dangai in order to prevent enemies. It stops souls from moving when they come into contact with it.

Kosode: a basic Japanese robe for both men and women. Shinigami wear a black Kosode as part of their uniform, the Shihakushō.

Kōtotsu: the cleaner which passes through the Dangai every seven days to cleanse the area.

Kuchiki Family Manor

Kūmon (空門, lit. "Air Gate"): The distortion in space that appears when a Menos Grande appears in the Human World.

Kusarigama: a traditional Japanese weapon that consists of a kama (a sickle) on a metal chain.

Las Noches: the citadel in Hueco Mundo from which Baraggan Louisenbairn and later Sōsuke Aizen controlled their armies.

Maggots Nest

Menos Forest

Menos Grande: conglomerations of hundreds of normal Hollows, resulting in a single composite entity of far greater strength than any normal Hollow.

Negación: an energy field used by Menos to rescue their own kind.

Nijū Eishō: the act of mixing the incantations of two entirely separate Kidō spells together.

Nodachi: a larger and heavier sword than the katana.

Números: Arrancar that make up part of Sōsuke Aizen's army. They are assigned a two digit number at birth from 11 to 99 to indicate their age.

Ōin: an artifact that belongs to Soul Society's Royal Family.

Ken: Key that allows access to the Royal Dimension.

Operation Spearhead: a Soul Society project to inject Mod Souls into corpses and to use the reanimated corpses to fight against Hollows.

Plus: a benign ghost in the Human World which has a Chain of Fate on its chest.

Privaron Espada: former Espada who have officially lost their rank and are assigned a three-digit number.

Quincy: a line of spiritually aware Human who use their ability to absorb and manipulate Reiryoku to create bows and arrows from spiritual energy.

Reiatsu: the physical force/pressure that a person's Reiryoku creates when released.

Reigai: an artificial spiritual body that allows Artificial Souls to maintain a physical form in Soul Society.

Reiraku: are the visualization of Reiryoku into threads which a spiritually aware person can follow.

Reiryoku: a power aligned with the spiritual sensitivity and willpower of the user.

Reishi: the particles which compose everything in the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo.

Resurrección: the released form of an Arrancar.

Rukongai

Ryoka: anybody who comes to Soul Society that was not sent by a Shinigami performing Konsō on them is labeled as a Ryoka.

Sake: a Japanese alcoholic drink derived from rice.

Sasumata: a non-lethal pole weapon used for capturing suspected criminals. It has a forked head which was used to hold the neck or limbs of the suspect.

Sekkiseki: A rare mineral in Soul Society that blocks all spiritual energy. It also emits waves that breaks down spiritual energy.

Seireitei

Shihakushō: the uniform worn by Shinigami.

Shinigami: Shinigami are the balancers of Souls between the Human world and the Soul Society.

Shin'ō Academy

Shinten: a tranquillizer carried by the 4th Division. One drop on the skin will knock out a person of low spiritual energy.

Shunpo: high speed movement technique of Shinigami.

Sōkyoku: large halberd and scaffold used for executions in Soul Society.

Sōkyoku Hill

Sonído: high speed movement technique of Arrancar.

Soul Society: is the spirit realm where Shinigami and souls who have passed on from the Human World reside.

Special War Time Order: a special order given throughout Seireitei when the Ryoka invaded. It allowed the top officers of the Gotei 13 to carry their Zanpakutō at all times and to release them during battle.

Substitute Shinigami: someone who became Shinigami by obtaining another Shinigami's power, or by going through a much harder and riskier process to transform him/herself into one.

Tsuba: the guard at the end of a sword's hilt.

Tekkou: white fingerless gloves worn by Byakuya and Rukia Kuchiki.

Tofu: a food made by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into soft white blocks.

Tres Cifras: area within Las Noches where the Privaron Espada reside.

Ugendō: the estate of the Ukitake family.

Urahara Shop

Vasto Lorde: a classification of Menos Grande and the highest level of Menos evolution.

Visored: a group of Shinigami who obtained Hollow powers.

Wakizashi: a short traditional Japanese sword.

Zanjutsu: Shinigami sword fighting arts.

Zankensoki: Basic Shinigami fighting techniques.

Zanpakutō: the main weapon of the Shinigami, Arrancar and Visored.