Smoothing planes – Hira-ganna (平鉋) // General name for the “standard plane type”
Extremely rough smoothing plane – Oni-arashiko-ganna (鬼荒しこ鉋)
Rough smoothing plane – Arashiko-ganna (荒しこ鉋)
Uneven smoothing plane – Muratori-ganna (むらとり鉋)
Middle smoothing plane – Chushiko-ganna (中しこ鉋)
Before finish smoothing plane – Jyoshiko-ganna (上しこ鉋)
Finish smoothing plane – Shiage-ganna (仕上げ鉋)
Mid-length plane – Chudai-ganna (中台鉋) // Around 35 cm long dai
Jointer plane – Nagadai-ganna (長台鉋) // At-least 40 cm long dai
Block plane or Small plane – Ko-ganna (小鉋) // Less than 5.5cm long blade
Big plane – O-ganna (大鉋) // Blade wider than 9 cm
Mini plane / Bean plane – Mame-ganna (豆鉋) // Unusually small plane
Sole tuning plane – Dainaoshi ganna (台直し鉋)
“Aircraft” plane – Hikōki kanna (飛行機鉋) // Used in Shoji and Kumiko
Shoulder planes or Groove planes – Jyakuri-ganna (決り鉋) or Mizo-ganna (溝鉋)
Rough shoulder plane – Ara-jyakuri-ganna (荒決り鉋)
Shoulder plane – Soko-jyakuri-ganna (底決り鉋)
Western Japan type – Nishi-gata (西型)
Eastern Japan type – Higashi-gata (東型)
The comb type – Kushi-gata (櫛型)
The Osaka type – Osaka-gata (大阪型)
Wide groove plane – Motoichi-jyakuri-ganna (基市決り鉋)
Groove plane – Kikai-jyakuri-ganna (機械決り鉋)
Curved grooves plane – Dabo-jyakuri-ganna (ダボ決り鉋)
Lap or halving joint plane – Ai-jyakuri-ganna (相決り鉋)
Dovetail plane – Ari-jyakuri-ganna (蟻決り鉋)
Groove plane – Kude-jyakuri-ganna (組手決り鉋) // Specially for making Shoji screen dividers joints
Wide groove plane – Madowaku-jyakuri-ganna (窓枠決り鉋) // Specially for windows in western architecture
Rebate or Rabbet plane – Kiwa-ganna (際鉋)
Right cutting type – hidari-gatte (左勝手型)
Left cutting type – migi-gatte (右勝手型)
Groove sides planes – Wakitori-ganna (脇取鉋)
Groove sides plane – Wakitori-ganna (脇取鉋) or Hibukura-ganna (ひぶくら鉋)
“Double usages” plane – Nitoku-ganna (二徳鉋)
“5 different usages” plane – Gotoku-ganna (五徳鉋)
Chamfer planes, Moulding planes and Compass planes – Mentori-ganna (面取り鉋)
Convex rounding plane – Sotomaru-ganna (外丸鉋)
Concave rounding plane – Uchimaru-ganna (内丸鉋)
Spoon-bottomed plane – Soridai-ganna (反り台鉋)
4 directionally convex plane – Shiho-sori-ganna (四方反り台鉋)
4 directionally concave plane – Funa-zoko-ganna (舟底鉋)
Chamfer planes and Moulding planes – Mentori-ganna (面取り鉋)
Point of a sword chamfer – Mentori-ganna kensaki (面取鉋－剣先面)
Pointed edges chamfer – Mentori-ganna kicho-men (面取鉋－几帳面)
Flat chamfer – Mentori-ganna hirakicho-men (面取鉋－平几帳面)
Monk’s head chamfer – Mentori-ganna bozu-men (面取鉋－坊主面)
Gingko chamfer – Mentori-ganna ginnan-men (面取鉋－銀杏面)
Calabash chamfer – Mentori-ganna hyotan-men (面取鉋－瓢箪面)
Free form flat chamfer – Mentori-ganna jiyu-kaku-men (面取鉋－自由角面)
Free form monk’s head chamfer – Mentori-ganna jiyu-saru-men (面取鉋－角面・猿頬面兼用)
UNKNOWN chamfer – Mentori-ganna gomae-men (面取鉋－胡麻柄面)
UNKNOWN chamfer – Mentori-ganna hikikake-men (面取鉋－引掛面)
UNKNOWN chamfer – Mentori-ganna iriko-men (面取鉋－入子面)
Single thread chamfer – Mentori-ganna katahimo-men (面取鉋－片紐面)
Double thread chamfer – Mentori-ganna ryohimo-men (面取鉋－両紐面)
Mullion chamfer – Mentori-ganna kumiko-men (面取鉋－組子面)
Double shape changing chamfer – Mentori-ganna nichobori-henkei-men (面取鉋－二丁掘変形面)
Shape changing chamfer – Mentori-ganna henkei-men (面取鉋－変形面)
UNKNOWN chamfer – Mentori-ganna sumimaru-yokokezuri (面取鉋－隅丸横削り)
UNKNOWN chamfer – Mentori-ganna sumimaru-hyotan-men (面取鉋－隅丸瓢箪面)
UNKNOWN chamfer – Mentori-ganna bozu-men (面取鉋－坊主面)
UNKNOWN chamfer – Mentori-ganna kenyo-bozu-men (面取鉋－兼用坊主面)
UNKNOWN chamfer – Mentori-ganna hira-bozu-men (面取鉋－平坊主面)
Kumiko angle planes – Ha-ganna (葉鉋) // Four planes designed to cut at 60°, 45°, 30°, and 15°
60° Ha-ganna – Gomagara-ganna (ゴマガラ鉋)
45° Ha-ganna – 45 Do-ganna (４５度鉋)
30° Ha-ganna – Asanoha-ganna (麻ノ葉鉋)
15° Ha-ganna – Yae Asa-ganna (八重麻鉋)
Special planes
Tongue and groove plane – Maru-inrō kanna (丸印籠鉋) // Specially used where Shoji doors meet
Tongue and groove plane – Inrō-ganna (印籠鉋) // General Tongue and groove planes
Tongue plane – Sane-ganna (さね鉋)
Free form tongue plane – jiyu-sane-ganna (自由さね鉋)
End grain surface plane – Koguchi-ganna (木口鉋)
Round corner rebate or rabbet plane – Naguri-ganna (なぐり鉋)
Spokeshave – Nankin-ganna (南京鉋)
UNKNOWN groove plane – Umegashi-yo-yokomizu-ganna (埋樫用横溝鉋)
Handplane parts and other names
Plane blade – Ganna-ba ()
Plane block – Ganna-dai or Dai ()
White oak for Dai – Kashi ()
Common laminated plane blade – Awase-ganna ()
Hard steel – Hagane (鋼)
Soft iron – Jigane (地金)
Front side of blade – Ko ()
Back side of blade – Ura (裏)
Hollow back of plane blade – Ura-suki (裏透き)
The flat of the plane blade – Ito-ura () // Ito is optimal size for planes
The mouth – Ha-guchi ()
The sole – Shitaba ()