- 季節【きせつ】 - season, time of year 
- 節約【せつやく】 - economising, saving 
- 使節【しせつ】 - envoy, ambassador, delegate, emissary, mission 
- 関節【かんせつ】 - joint (knee, elbow, etc.) 
- 調節【ちょうせつ】 - regulation, adjustment, control 
- 節句【せっく】 - seasonal festival 
- 節操【せっそう】 - constancy, integrity, fidelity, principle, faithfulness, honor, honour 
- 節目【ふしめ】 - turning point, critical juncture, knot (in a tree, etc.) 
- 国慶節【こっけいせつ】 - anniversary of founding (of PRC), national celebration time 
- 時節【じせつ】 - season, the times, opportunity, occasion 
- 一節【いっせつ】 - one passage, one paragraph, one stanza, one verse, one section (of a piece of music), one syllable 
- 季節風【きせつふう】 - seasonal winds 
- 節減【せつげん】 - retrenchment, curtailment, economy 
- 節度【せつど】 - moderation, standard 
- 削り節【けずりぶし】 - flaked bonito 
- 節水【せっすい】 - saving water, water conservation, economizing on water 
- 前節【ぜんせつ】 - preceding paragraph, section, or verse 
- 変節【へんせつ】 - betrayal, defection, treachery, apostasy 
- 節分【せつぶん】 - setsubun, last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony, last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar) 
- 浪花節【なにわぶし】 - naniwabushi, variety of sung narrative popular during the Edo period