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* **Adjuchas**: the second level and more animalistic variant of Menos-class Hollow.
* **Anime Universe**: a sibling universe to the **Prime Universe** wherein the *Bleach* anime reality resides.
* **Arrancar**: a Hollow that has removed their mask and gained Shinigami powers.
* **Artificial Soul**: *See Gikon.*
* **Asauchi**: a nameless Zanpakutō.

B

* **Bakudō**: a category of defensive Kidō mostly involving shields and barriers.
* **Bankai**: the second and final release of a Zanpakutō.
* **Beyond Bankai**: a power used by some Shinigami that was recognized to be stronger than a Bankai.
* **Beyond Resurrección**: an enhanced Resurreccíon granted to some Arrancar via the Hogyokū.
* **Bount**: a race of vampiric humans that originate in the **Anime Universe**.
* **Brave Souls Universe**: a sibling universe to both the **Prime Universe** and **Anime Universe** where the events of *Bleach: Brave Souls* exists.
* **Bringer Light**: a residual light left behind by the use of a Fullbringer's abilities.

C

* **Cacao Society**: a sibling universe to the **Brave Souls Universe**.
* **Captain**: the Shinigami leader of one of the divisions of the Gotei 13.
* **Captain-Commander**: the rank and title of the leader of the Gotei 13. They are always the captain of the 1st Division.
* **Captain's Council**: a meeting, chaired by the Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13, of all thirteen captains in the organization.
* **Captain-General**: *See Captain-Commander.*
* **Central 46**: the governing body of Soul Society.
* **Central Great Underground Prison**: a prison to hold Shinigami who have broken the law.
* **Chain of Fate** (因果の鎖, *Inga no Kusari*): A literal chain binding souls to their physical bodies. Loss of the chain results in Hollowfication.
* **Commander-General**: *See Captain-Commander.*

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* **Dangai**: *See Dangai Precipice World*.
* **Dangai Precipice World**: a corridor dimension that connects Soul Society and the Material World.
* **Dark Dragon**: a dragon who has absorbed a Human's negative emotions.
* **Defenders**: a name once applied to Shinigami.
* **Dimension**: a space-time within the Multiverse.
* **Divine Solider**: A soldier that protects the Soul King Palace.
* **Doll**: the signature weapon of the anime-only Bounts.
* **Dragon**: supernatural beings that resemble Hollows and reside in the western world.
* **Dragonclad**: someone who has been exposed to a Dragon long enough that they become one.

E

* **Echt Quincy**: a term used to refer to a pure-blooded Quincy.
* **Espada**: Nine high-level Arrancar that formed the backbone of Sōsuke Aizen's rebellion.
* **Estigma** (仮面紋 (エスティグマ), *Esutiguma*; Spanish for "Scar" or "Stigma", Japanese for "Mask's Crest"): the remnant of a Hollow mask on an Arrancar.
* **Evolved Zanpakutō**: the name given to a Zanpakutō that has obtained Bankai.

F

* **Face claim**: artwork, often from other anime series, that serve as representations of fan fiction characters.
* **Faller**: an individual who has fallen through a weakness in the fabric between universes from one into another.
* **Fanon Canon**: an old, defunct wiki project and a shared reality that once encompassed the entire site.
* **Fixed Point** (既定点, *Kiteiten*; Literally meaning "Predetermined Point"): a point in time shared by all realities in the Multiverse.
* **Fullbring**: a supernatural power that allows for the manipulation of Souls which resides in all things, including inanimate objects.
* **Fullbringer**: a being capable of using Fullbring.

G

* **Garganta**: the void between worlds that is mainly used by Arrancar and Hollows to move between Hueco Mundo, the Human World, and Soul Society.
* **Gemischt Quincy**: a term used to refer to a Quincy of mixed birth.
* **Gigai**: an artificial body a Shinigami can occupy while in the Material World.
* **Gillian**: the first and weakest class of Menos-class Hollows.
* **Gikon**: an artificial Soul that occupies a Gigai while its Shinigami fights.
* **Gintō**: a type of magic used by the Quincy.
* **God**: powerful mythological beings worshiped by many religions across the Multiverse.
* **Gotei 13**: one of the three branches of Soul Society's military.
* **Grand Kidō Chief**: the title given to the greatest Kidō Master in Soul Society.

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* **Hadō**: a category of offensive Kidō.
* **Hakuda**: the unarmed martial arts used by the Shinigami and one of the Zankensoki.
* **Hakudō** (魄動; Literally meaning "Spirit Movement"): the phenomenon of spiritual energy moving or wavering.
* **Hakusui** (魄睡, "Soul Sleep"): The source of Reiryoku in a Shinigami's body.
* **Haori**: a traditional Japanese garment traditionally worn by Captains of the Gotei 13 as a symbol of their rank.
* **Hojiku-Zai**: a regenerative drug that can restore lost limbs instantly and heal minor injuries.
* **Hohō**: high-speed movement techniques and one of the Zankensoki.
* **Heilig Bogen**: a Spirit Weapon shaped like a bow and the signature weapon of the Quincy.
* **Hell**: a dimension into which is sent the Souls of the wicked after death.
* **Hōgyoku**: a substance that is capable of breaking down the boundaries between a Hollow and a Shinigami soul.
* **Hollow**: a Soul that has undergone Hollowfication and feasts on the Souls of Humans and Shinigami alike.
* **Hollowfication**: the process of gaining a Hollow hole and mask. Also used to describe a Visored putting on their Hollow mask.
* **Hollow hole**: the hole left by the Hollowfication process in all Hollows and Arrancar.
* **Hollow Mask**: the mask worn by Hollows and Visoreds, and the remnants which can be seen on Arrancar.
* **Hueco Mundo**: a desert dimension inhabited by Hollows and Arrancar.
* **Human**: the mortal inhabitants of the Material World.

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* **Internal dimension** (国空, *Kokū*; Literally meaning "Internal space"): pocket dimensions that exist within a given universe. For example, the Material World, Hueco Mundo, and Soul Society are all internal dimensions of a singular universe.

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* **Jinzen**: a ritual that allows a Shinigami to commune with the spirits of their Zanpakutō.
* **Judge**: a rank given to six members of Central 46.
* **Jūreichi** (重霊地, *Important Spirit Ground*): a point in the Material World where the highest concentration of spirits gather and Hollows are known to spawn.

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* **Kaidō**: a category of healing Kidō.
* **Kaikyō Kotei** (界境固定, *Realm Boundary Fixation*): a series of stakes that can stabilize the Kōryū.
* **Katana**: a variety of Japanese sword characterized by a curved blade and a circular guard.
* **Kan**: the currency used in Soul Society.
* **Kenpachi**: the title given to the strongest swordsman in Soul Society.
* **Kidō**: a type of magic used by Shinigami and one of the Zankensoki.
* **Kidō Corp**: one of Soul Society's three military branches, specializing in Kidō.
* **Kikanshinki**: a device that erases a human's memory and replaces it with a random one.
* **Kishi**: the material that makes up the physical things in the Material World.
* **Konsō**: a ritual by which a Shinigami sends a Soul to the afterlife.
* **Kōryū** (拘流, *Wresting Flow*): a current in the Dangai that ensnares Souls and prevents Hollows from using the border-space.
* **Kōtotsu** (拘突, *Wresting-Surge*): a being of reason that appears once every seven days to sweep the Dangai clean of intruders.
* **Kyōgoku**: *See Valley of Screams.*

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* **Las Noches**: the fortress that serves as a capital of Hueco Mundo.
* **Lieutenant:** *See Vice-Captain*.
* **Living World**: *See Material World*.
* **London**: the capital of the United Kingdoms.

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* **Machine Society**: a sibling universe to the **Brave Souls Universe**.
* **Magic**: a Spiritual Technique harnessed by witches, wizards, Quincy in the form of Gintō, and Shinigami in the form of Kidō.
* **Maggot's Nest**: an underground prison for holding Souls deemed too dangerous to roam freely.
* **Manifestation**: the corporeal form of the spirit of a Zanpakutō or a so-called "inner Hollow."
* **Material World**: the World of the Living.
* **Medalize**: the term used to describe a Quincy medallion stealing a Bankai.
* **Menos**: a classification of Hollows that have consumed hundreds to thousands of their own kind to evolve into stronger variants.
* **Menos Grande**: *See Gillian*.
* **Modified Soul**: Often shortened to *Mod Soul*, modified souls are a type of **Gikongan** with enhanced special abilities. Uncommon in Soul Society.
* **Multiverse**: an infinite space within which exist an equally infinite number of universes or realities.
* **Muken**: the eighth and lowest level of the Central Great Underground Prison.

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* **Nemuri Project**: Mayuri Kurotsuchi's project to create a self-evolving Artificial Soul.
* **Negación**: an energy field created by Menos Hollows to protect and rescue their allies.
* **Nexus being**: an individual that acts as an anchor for their reality and can usually manipulate it to their whim.

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* **Ōken**: a "key" that grants access to the Soul King Palace.
* **Onmitsukidō**: one of Soul Society's three military branches specializing in reconnaissance and assassination.

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* **Perfect Hollowfication** (完全虚化, *Kanzen Horōka*): a heightened Hollowfication transformation used by the Ichigo Kurosaki of the **Prime Universe**.
* **Plus**: *See Soul*.
* **President**: a rank or title given to the heads of certain governments or institutions.
* **Prime Universe**: the canon reality of *Bleach* and *BURN THE WITCH*.
* **Privaron Espada**: Former members of the Espada.

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* **Quincy**: a tribe of Humans who are capable of forming **Spirit Weapons** to eradicate Hollows.
* **Quincy Cross**: a cross-shaped trinket used by modern Quincy.
* **Quincy Zeichen**: a pentagram drawn by Quincies and used as their insignia.

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* **Reverse London**: a location in Western Soul Society.
* **Reiatsu**: the pressure or force exerted by an individual's Reiryoku.
* **Reichi** (霊地, *Spirit Ground*): a site where many spirits gather.
* ***Reii*** (霊威, *Spirit Class*): a unit that measures the density of one's Reiatsu in Soul Society.
* **Reikaku** (霊覚; Literally meaning "Spiritual Sense"): an ability Shinigami use to detect Reiatsu.
* **Reimyaku** (霊脈; Literally meaning "Spiritual Pulse"): the energy associated with a dimension.
* **Reiryoku**: a spiritual energy produced by a person/Soul through training that affects their spiritual awareness and willpower.
* **Reishi**: the particles which compose everything in the spiritual world.
* **Release call**: a phrase used by some Shinigami and Arrancar to release their Zanpakutō.
* **Resurreccíon**: the release of an Arrancar's Zanpakutō, restoring their Hollow form.
* **Resurrección: Segunda Etapa**: a rare second level of release for Arrancar Zanpakutō.
* **Royal Guard**: a special force of Shinigami that protect the Soul King Palace.
* **Ryoka**: a term used by the Gotei 13 to identify invaders and criminals who are outsiders to Soul Society.
* **Rukongai**: the largest section of Soul Society, where most of the Souls live.

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* **Sage**: a title given to forty members of the Central 46.
* **Schrift**: a letter carved into a Quincy's soul that gives them certain powers.
* **Seated Officer**: a ranked Shinigami enlisted in a division of the Gotei 13.
* **Seele Schneider**: sword-like Spirit Weapons used by the Quincy.
* **Sekkiseki**: a material that blocks out all Reiryoku.
* **Seireitei**: the fortress-city where Shinigami live in Soul Society.
* **Seireiheki**: a wall typically protecting the Soul King Palace that can be deployed to protect the Seireitei.
* **Senkaimon**: a gate between the Material World and Soul Society.
* **Shihakushō**: the ensemble worn by almost every Shinigami.
* **Shikai**: the first release of a Zanpakutō.
* **Shinigami**: trained Souls who maintain the balance of Souls between the Material World, Hueco Mundo, and Soul Society, the latter of which they reside within.
* **Shinigami Agent**: a Shinigami who has been deputized by Soul Society but is not a member of the Gotei 13.
* **Shinigamification**: the process of a Hollow taking off their mask, gaining Shinigami powers, and becoming an Arrancar.
* **Shinigami Research and Development Institute**: an organization that develops technology for the Shinigami.
* **Shinuchi** (真打; Literally meaning "True Strike"): another name for a Zanpakutō's Bankai.
* **Shin'ō Academy**: the academy where Souls learn to become Shinigami.
* **Shugo** (衆合, *Gathering Group*): the third level of the Central Great Underground Prison.
* **Sōkyoku**: a halberd designed to completely evaporate a Soul as a means of execution.
* **Soldat**: The term given to the foot soldiers of the Wandenreich.
* **Soul**: the spirit of a living being.
* **Soul King Fragment** (霊王の欠片, *Reiō no Kakera*; Literally meaning "Fragment of the Soul King"): a piece of the Soul King's spiritual body that can exist within the Souls of other beings.
* **Soul King Palace**: the sealing place of the Soul King and the residence of the Zero Division.
* **Soul Society**: the afterlife and the residence of the Shinigami.
* **Soul Suicide**: when a Soul ruptures, inside and out, due to Hollowfication.
* **Spirit**: *See Soul*.
* **Spiritual energy**: *See Reiryoku*.
* **Spirit Medium** (霊媒, *Reiba*): A human with enough spiritual awareness to see, sense, and interact with Souls and Hollows. Many develop special abilities.
* **Spiritual pressure:** *See Reiatsu*.
* **Spiritual Technique** (霊術, *Reijutsu*): abilities that draw upon Reiryoku for power.
* **Spirit Society**: a sibling universe to the **Brave Souls Universe**.
* **Spirit Weapon**: a blanket term used to describe the various weapons Quincy create with the Reishi in their environments.
* **Sternritter**: an elite Quincy unit serving the Wandenreich.
* **Substitute Shinigami**: *See Shinigami Agent.*
* **Sword**: a long, edged weapon used in many cultures.

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* **Three Worlds**: A term which collectively refers to the Soul Society, Hueco Mundo, and the Material World.
* **Transcendent**: a being whose Soul has broken down the barrier between Shinigami and Hollow and become something more than a Visored.
* **Tsurugi**: a double-edged Japanese sword.

U

* **Universe**: a space containing all of the space, time, and matter of a particular reality in the Multiverse.

V

* **Valley of Screams** (叫谷, *Kyōgoku*): a failed universe that has bubbled up in the **Garganta** from Reishi leaking out a fully formed one.
* **Variant**: counterparts of the same individual across multiple universes.
* **Vasto Lorde**: The strongest and most humanlike kind of Menos-class Hollow.
* **Vice-Captain**: the second-in-command of Shinigami divisions of the Gotei 13.
* **Vice Kidō Chief**: the second-in-command of the Kidō Corps.
* **Visored**: a Shinigami who has a Hollow Soul within them, giving them Hollow and Arrancar-like powers.

W

* **Wandenreich**: 1) the name of the hidden empire of the Quincy formed after their first defeat against the Gotei 13; 2) the name of the hidden dimension where said empire resides.
* **Warlock**: *See Wizard*.
* **Wing Bind**: an organization in Western Soul Society designed to deal with Dragons.
* **Witch**: a female Human who uses magic. Also a derogatory term for a woman.
* **Wizard**: a male Human who uses magic.
* **World of the Living**: *See Material World.*

Z

* **Zankensoki**: the four basic Shinigami fighting techniques Kidō, Zanjutsu, Hohō, and Hakuda.
* **Zanjutsu**: sword techniques used by the Shinigami and one of the Zankensoki.
* **Zanpakutō**: the weapon of choice for Shinigami and Arrancar, which permits the user to cut a Soul and purify Hollows.
* **Zanpakutō Spirit** (斬魄刀の本体, *Zanpakutō no Hontai*; Literally meaning "Soul-Cutter Sword Essence"): the essence of a Shinigami's Zanpakutō.
* **Zero Division**: *See Royal Guard*.