Instead, names like "the Bunroku War" for the first war and "the Keicho War" for the second war and "the Bunroku-Keicho War" for both have come to stay (Furthermore, there are name "chosen shuppei" (literally dispatching troops to Korea), "chosen eki" (literally, Korea war), and "seikan no eki" (war for punitive expedition to Korea).
代わって第一次出兵を文禄の役、第二次出兵を慶長の役、併せて文禄・慶長の役という呼称が定着した（他にも朝鮮出兵や朝鮮役・征韓の役という呼び方もある）。