diff --git a/src/anki-field-config.ts b/src/anki-field-config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b87f047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/anki-field-config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import type { AnkiConnectConfig } from './types';
+
+type NoteFieldValue = { value?: string } | string | null | undefined;
+
+function normalizeFieldName(value: string | null | undefined): string | null {
+  if (typeof value !== 'string') return null;
+  const trimmed = value.trim();
+  return trimmed.length > 0 ? trimmed : null;
+}
+
+export function getConfiguredWordFieldName(config?: Pick<AnkiConnectConfig, 'fields'> | null): string {
+  return normalizeFieldName(config?.fields?.word) ?? 'Expression';
+}
+
+export function getConfiguredSentenceFieldName(
+  config?: Pick<AnkiConnectConfig, 'fields'> | null,
+): string {
+  return normalizeFieldName(config?.fields?.sentence) ?? 'Sentence';
+}
+
+export function getConfiguredTranslationFieldName(
+  config?: Pick<AnkiConnectConfig, 'fields'> | null,
+): string {
+  return normalizeFieldName(config?.fields?.translation) ?? 'SelectionText';
+}
+
+export function getConfiguredWordFieldCandidates(
+  config?: Pick<AnkiConnectConfig, 'fields'> | null,
+): string[] {
+  const preferred = getConfiguredWordFieldName(config);
+  const candidates = [preferred, 'Expression', 'Word'];
+  const seen = new Set<string>();
+  return candidates.filter((candidate) => {
+    const key = candidate.toLowerCase();
+    if (seen.has(key)) return false;
+    seen.add(key);
+    return true;
+  });
+}
+
+function coerceFieldValue(value: NoteFieldValue): string {
+  if (typeof value === 'string') return value;
+  if (value && typeof value === 'object' && typeof value.value === 'string') {
+    return value.value;
+  }
+  return '';
+}
+
+export function stripAnkiFieldHtml(value: string): string {
+  return value
+    .replace(/\[sound:[^\]]+\]/gi, ' ')
+    .replace(/<br\s*\/?>/gi, ' ')
+    .replace(/<[^>]+>/g, ' ')
+    .replace(/&nbsp;/gi, ' ')
+    .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
+    .trim();
+}
+
+export function getPreferredNoteFieldValue(
+  fields: Record<string, NoteFieldValue> | null | undefined,
+  preferredNames: string[],
+): string {
+  if (!fields) return '';
+  const entries = Object.entries(fields);
+  for (const preferredName of preferredNames) {
+    const preferredKey = preferredName.trim().toLowerCase();
+    if (!preferredKey) continue;
+    const entry = entries.find(([fieldName]) => fieldName.trim().toLowerCase() === preferredKey);
+    if (!entry) continue;
+    const cleaned = stripAnkiFieldHtml(coerceFieldValue(entry[1]));
+    if (cleaned) return cleaned;
+  }
+  return '';
+}
+
+export function getPreferredWordValueFromExtractedFields(
+  fields: Record<string, string>,
+  config?: Pick<AnkiConnectConfig, 'fields'> | null,
+): string {
+  for (const candidate of getConfiguredWordFieldCandidates(config)) {
+    const value = fields[candidate.toLowerCase()]?.trim();
+    if (value) return value;
+  }
+  return '';
+}
diff --git a/src/anki-integration.test.ts b/src/anki-integration.test.ts
index f1734a8..6a6feae 100644
--- a/src/anki-integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/anki-integration.test.ts
@@ -209,6 +209,27 @@ test('AnkiIntegration.refreshKnownWordCache deduplicates concurrent refreshes',
   }
 });
 
+test('AnkiIntegration resolves merged-away note ids to the kept note id', () => {
+  const ctx = createIntegrationTestContext({
+    stateDirPrefix: 'subminer-anki-integration-note-redirect-',
+  });
+
+  try {
+    const integrationWithInternals = ctx.integration as unknown as {
+      rememberMergedNoteIds: (deletedNoteId: number, keptNoteId: number) => void;
+    };
+    integrationWithInternals.rememberMergedNoteIds(111, 222);
+    integrationWithInternals.rememberMergedNoteIds(222, 333);
+
+    assert.equal(ctx.integration.resolveCurrentNoteId(111), 333);
+    assert.equal(ctx.integration.resolveCurrentNoteId(222), 333);
+    assert.equal(ctx.integration.resolveCurrentNoteId(333), 333);
+    assert.equal(ctx.integration.resolveCurrentNoteId(444), 444);
+  } finally {
+    cleanupIntegrationTestContext(ctx);
+  }
+});
+
 test('AnkiIntegration does not allocate proxy server when proxy transport is disabled', () => {
   const integration = new AnkiIntegration(
     {
diff --git a/src/anki-integration.ts b/src/anki-integration.ts
index 1a37f8f..ad93798 100644
--- a/src/anki-integration.ts
+++ b/src/anki-integration.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ import {
   NPlusOneMatchMode,
 } from './types';
 import { DEFAULT_ANKI_CONNECT_CONFIG } from './config';
+import {
+  getConfiguredWordFieldCandidates,
+  getConfiguredWordFieldName,
+  getPreferredWordValueFromExtractedFields,
+} from './anki-field-config';
 import { createLogger } from './logger';
 import {
   createUiFeedbackState,
@@ -138,6 +143,7 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
   private runtime: AnkiIntegrationRuntime;
   private aiConfig: AiConfig;
   private recordCardsMinedCallback: ((count: number, noteIds?: number[]) => void) | null = null;
+  private noteIdRedirects = new Map<number, number>();
 
   constructor(
     config: AnkiConnectConfig,
@@ -337,6 +343,7 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
   private createFieldGroupingService(): FieldGroupingService {
     return new FieldGroupingService({
       getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig: () => this.getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig(),
+      getConfig: () => this.config,
       isUpdateInProgress: () => this.updateInProgress,
       getDeck: () => this.config.deck,
       withUpdateProgress: <T>(initialMessage: string, action: () => Promise<T>) =>
@@ -451,6 +458,9 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
       removeTrackedNoteId: (noteId) => {
         this.previousNoteIds.delete(noteId);
       },
+      rememberMergedNoteIds: (deletedNoteId, keptNoteId) => {
+        this.rememberMergedNoteIds(deletedNoteId, keptNoteId);
+      },
       showStatusNotification: (message) => this.showStatusNotification(message),
       showNotification: (noteId, label) => this.showNotification(noteId, label),
       showOsdNotification: (message) => this.showOsdNotification(message),
@@ -972,6 +982,7 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
       findNotes: async (query, options) => (await this.client.findNotes(query, options)) as unknown,
       notesInfo: async (noteIds) => (await this.client.notesInfo(noteIds)) as unknown,
       getDeck: () => this.config.deck,
+      getWordFieldCandidates: () => this.getConfiguredWordFieldCandidates(),
       resolveFieldName: (info, preferredName) => this.resolveNoteFieldName(info, preferredName),
       logInfo: (message) => {
         log.info(message);
@@ -997,6 +1008,18 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
     );
   }
 
+  private getConfiguredWordFieldName(): string {
+    return getConfiguredWordFieldName(this.config);
+  }
+
+  private getConfiguredWordFieldCandidates(): string[] {
+    return getConfiguredWordFieldCandidates(this.config);
+  }
+
+  private getPreferredWordValue(fields: Record<string, string>): string {
+    return getPreferredWordValueFromExtractedFields(fields, this.config);
+  }
+
   private async generateMediaForMerge(): Promise<{
     audioField?: string;
     audioValue?: string;
@@ -1127,4 +1150,32 @@ export class AnkiIntegration {
   ): void {
     this.recordCardsMinedCallback = callback;
   }
+
+  resolveCurrentNoteId(noteId: number): number {
+    let resolved = noteId;
+    const seen = new Set<number>();
+    while (this.noteIdRedirects.has(resolved) && !seen.has(resolved)) {
+      seen.add(resolved);
+      resolved = this.noteIdRedirects.get(resolved)!;
+    }
+    return resolved;
+  }
+
+  private rememberMergedNoteIds(deletedNoteId: number, keptNoteId: number): void {
+    const resolvedKeepNoteId = this.resolveCurrentNoteId(keptNoteId);
+    const visited = new Set<number>([deletedNoteId]);
+    let current = deletedNoteId;
+
+    while (true) {
+      this.noteIdRedirects.set(current, resolvedKeepNoteId);
+      const next = Array.from(this.noteIdRedirects.entries()).find(
+        ([, targetNoteId]) => targetNoteId === current,
+      )?.[0];
+      if (next === undefined || visited.has(next)) {
+        break;
+      }
+      visited.add(next);
+      current = next;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/anki-integration/card-creation.ts b/src/anki-integration/card-creation.ts
index 1de0a01..f7f47cf 100644
--- a/src/anki-integration/card-creation.ts
+++ b/src/anki-integration/card-creation.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 import { DEFAULT_ANKI_CONNECT_CONFIG } from '../config';
+import {
+  getConfiguredWordFieldName,
+  getPreferredWordValueFromExtractedFields,
+} from '../anki-field-config';
 import { AiConfig, AnkiConnectConfig } from '../types';
 import { createLogger } from '../logger';
 import { SubtitleTimingTracker } from '../subtitle-timing-tracker';
@@ -201,7 +205,10 @@ export class CardCreationService {
 
         const noteInfo = notesInfoResult[0]!;
         const fields = this.deps.extractFields(noteInfo.fields);
-        const expressionText = fields.expression || fields.word || '';
+        const expressionText = getPreferredWordValueFromExtractedFields(
+          fields,
+          this.deps.getConfig(),
+        );
         const sentenceAudioField = this.getResolvedSentenceAudioFieldName(noteInfo);
         const sentenceField = this.deps.getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig().sentenceField;
 
@@ -368,7 +375,10 @@ export class CardCreationService {
 
         const noteInfo = notesInfoResult[0]!;
         const fields = this.deps.extractFields(noteInfo.fields);
-        const expressionText = fields.expression || fields.word || '';
+        const expressionText = getPreferredWordValueFromExtractedFields(
+          fields,
+          this.deps.getConfig(),
+        );
 
         const updatedFields: Record<string, string> = {};
         const errors: string[] = [];
@@ -519,7 +529,7 @@ export class CardCreationService {
 
         if (sentenceCardConfig.lapisEnabled || sentenceCardConfig.kikuEnabled) {
           fields.IsSentenceCard = 'x';
-          fields.Expression = sentence;
+          fields[getConfiguredWordFieldName(this.deps.getConfig())] = sentence;
         }
 
         const deck = this.deps.getConfig().deck || 'Default';
diff --git a/src/anki-integration/duplicate.ts b/src/anki-integration/duplicate.ts
index c4084ff..992390d 100644
--- a/src/anki-integration/duplicate.ts
+++ b/src/anki-integration/duplicate.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export interface DuplicateDetectionDeps {
   findNotes: (query: string, options?: { maxRetries?: number }) => Promise<unknown>;
   notesInfo: (noteIds: number[]) => Promise<unknown>;
   getDeck: () => string | null | undefined;
+  getWordFieldCandidates?: () => string[];
   resolveFieldName: (noteInfo: NoteInfo, preferredName: string) => string | null;
   logInfo?: (message: string) => void;
   logDebug?: (message: string) => void;
@@ -23,7 +24,12 @@ export async function findDuplicateNote(
   noteInfo: NoteInfo,
   deps: DuplicateDetectionDeps,
 ): Promise<number | null> {
-  const sourceCandidates = getDuplicateSourceCandidates(noteInfo, expression);
+  const configuredWordFieldCandidates = deps.getWordFieldCandidates?.() ?? ['Expression', 'Word'];
+  const sourceCandidates = getDuplicateSourceCandidates(
+    noteInfo,
+    expression,
+    configuredWordFieldCandidates,
+  );
   if (sourceCandidates.length === 0) return null;
   deps.logInfo?.(
     `[duplicate] start expr="${expression}" sourceCandidates=${sourceCandidates
@@ -81,6 +87,7 @@ export async function findDuplicateNote(
       noteIds,
       excludeNoteId,
       sourceCandidates.map((candidate) => candidate.value),
+      configuredWordFieldCandidates,
       deps,
     );
   } catch (error) {
@@ -93,6 +100,7 @@ function findFirstExactDuplicateNoteId(
   candidateNoteIds: Iterable<number>,
   excludeNoteId: number,
   sourceValues: string[],
+  candidateFieldNames: string[],
   deps: DuplicateDetectionDeps,
 ): Promise<number | null> {
   const candidates = Array.from(candidateNoteIds).filter((id) => id !== excludeNoteId);
@@ -116,7 +124,6 @@ function findFirstExactDuplicateNoteId(
       const notesInfoResult = (await deps.notesInfo(chunk)) as unknown[];
       const notesInfo = notesInfoResult as NoteInfo[];
       for (const noteInfo of notesInfo) {
-        const candidateFieldNames = ['word', 'expression'];
         for (const candidateFieldName of candidateFieldNames) {
           const resolvedField = deps.resolveFieldName(noteInfo, candidateFieldName);
           if (!resolvedField) continue;
@@ -150,13 +157,15 @@ function getDuplicateCandidateFieldNames(fieldName: string): string[] {
 function getDuplicateSourceCandidates(
   noteInfo: NoteInfo,
   fallbackExpression: string,
+  configuredFieldNames: string[],
 ): Array<{ fieldName: string; value: string }> {
   const candidates: Array<{ fieldName: string; value: string }> = [];
   const dedupeKey = new Set<string>();
+  const configuredFieldNameSet = new Set(configuredFieldNames.map((name) => name.toLowerCase()));
 
   for (const fieldName of Object.keys(noteInfo.fields)) {
     const lower = fieldName.toLowerCase();
-    if (lower !== 'word' && lower !== 'expression') continue;
+    if (!configuredFieldNameSet.has(lower)) continue;
     const value = noteInfo.fields[fieldName]?.value?.trim() ?? '';
     if (!value) continue;
     const key = `${lower}:${normalizeDuplicateValue(value)}`;
@@ -167,9 +176,10 @@ function getDuplicateSourceCandidates(
 
   const trimmedFallback = fallbackExpression.trim();
   if (trimmedFallback.length > 0) {
-    const fallbackKey = `expression:${normalizeDuplicateValue(trimmedFallback)}`;
+    const fallbackFieldName = configuredFieldNames[0]?.toLowerCase() || 'expression';
+    const fallbackKey = `${fallbackFieldName}:${normalizeDuplicateValue(trimmedFallback)}`;
     if (!dedupeKey.has(fallbackKey)) {
-      candidates.push({ fieldName: 'expression', value: trimmedFallback });
+      candidates.push({ fieldName: configuredFieldNames[0] || 'Expression', value: trimmedFallback });
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/anki-integration/field-grouping-merge.ts b/src/anki-integration/field-grouping-merge.ts
index e570ec8..043f1e7 100644
--- a/src/anki-integration/field-grouping-merge.ts
+++ b/src/anki-integration/field-grouping-merge.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { AnkiConnectConfig } from '../types';
+import { getConfiguredWordFieldName } from '../anki-field-config';
 
 interface FieldGroupingMergeMedia {
   audioField?: string;
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ export class FieldGroupingMergeCollaborator {
     includeGeneratedMedia: boolean,
   ): Promise<Record<string, string>> {
     const config = this.deps.getConfig();
+    const configuredWordField = getConfiguredWordFieldName(config);
     const groupableFields = this.getGroupableFieldNames();
     const keepFieldNames = Object.keys(keepNoteInfo.fields);
     const sourceFields: Record<string, string> = {};
@@ -98,11 +100,17 @@ export class FieldGroupingMergeCollaborator {
     if (!sourceFields['Sentence'] && sourceFields['SentenceFurigana']) {
       sourceFields['Sentence'] = sourceFields['SentenceFurigana'];
     }
-    if (!sourceFields['Expression'] && sourceFields['Word']) {
-      sourceFields['Expression'] = sourceFields['Word'];
+    if (!sourceFields[configuredWordField] && sourceFields['Expression']) {
+      sourceFields[configuredWordField] = sourceFields['Expression'];
     }
-    if (!sourceFields['Word'] && sourceFields['Expression']) {
-      sourceFields['Word'] = sourceFields['Expression'];
+    if (!sourceFields[configuredWordField] && sourceFields['Word']) {
+      sourceFields[configuredWordField] = sourceFields['Word'];
+    }
+    if (!sourceFields['Expression'] && sourceFields[configuredWordField]) {
+      sourceFields['Expression'] = sourceFields[configuredWordField];
+    }
+    if (!sourceFields['Word'] && sourceFields[configuredWordField]) {
+      sourceFields['Word'] = sourceFields[configuredWordField];
     }
     if (!sourceFields['SentenceAudio'] && sourceFields['ExpressionAudio']) {
       sourceFields['SentenceAudio'] = sourceFields['ExpressionAudio'];
@@ -148,6 +156,7 @@ export class FieldGroupingMergeCollaborator {
       const keepFieldNormalized = keepFieldName.toLowerCase();
       if (
         keepFieldNormalized === 'expression' ||
+        keepFieldNormalized === configuredWordField.toLowerCase() ||
         keepFieldNormalized === 'expressionfurigana' ||
         keepFieldNormalized === 'expressionreading' ||
         keepFieldNormalized === 'expressionaudio'
diff --git a/src/anki-integration/field-grouping-workflow.test.ts b/src/anki-integration/field-grouping-workflow.test.ts
index 519990b..1c02015 100644
--- a/src/anki-integration/field-grouping-workflow.test.ts
+++ b/src/anki-integration/field-grouping-workflow.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ function createWorkflowHarness() {
   const updates: Array<{ noteId: number; fields: Record<string, string> }> = [];
   const deleted: number[][] = [];
   const statuses: string[] = [];
+  const rememberedMerges: Array<{ deletedNoteId: number; keptNoteId: number }> = [];
   const mergeCalls: Array<{
     keepNoteId: number;
     deleteNoteId: number;
@@ -99,6 +100,9 @@ function createWorkflowHarness() {
     hasFieldValue: (_noteInfo: NoteInfo, _field?: string) => false,
     addConfiguredTagsToNote: async () => undefined,
     removeTrackedNoteId: () => undefined,
+    rememberMergedNoteIds: (deletedNoteId: number, keptNoteId: number) => {
+      rememberedMerges.push({ deletedNoteId, keptNoteId });
+    },
     showStatusNotification: (message: string) => {
       statuses.push(message);
     },
@@ -113,6 +117,7 @@ function createWorkflowHarness() {
     workflow: new FieldGroupingWorkflow(deps),
     updates,
     deleted,
+    rememberedMerges,
     statuses,
     mergeCalls,
     setManualChoice: (choice: typeof manualChoice) => {
@@ -136,6 +141,7 @@ test('FieldGroupingWorkflow auto merge updates keep note and deletes duplicate b
   assert.equal(harness.updates.length, 1);
   assert.equal(harness.updates[0]?.noteId, 1);
   assert.deepEqual(harness.deleted, [[2]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(harness.rememberedMerges, [{ deletedNoteId: 2, keptNoteId: 1 }]);
   assert.equal(harness.statuses.length, 1);
 });
 
diff --git a/src/anki-integration/field-grouping-workflow.ts b/src/anki-integration/field-grouping-workflow.ts
index 6b030fd..34cad8f 100644
--- a/src/anki-integration/field-grouping-workflow.ts
+++ b/src/anki-integration/field-grouping-workflow.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { KikuDuplicateCardInfo, KikuFieldGroupingChoice } from '../types';
+import { getPreferredWordValueFromExtractedFields } from '../anki-field-config';
 
 export interface FieldGroupingWorkflowNoteInfo {
   noteId: number;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ export interface FieldGroupingWorkflowDeps {
   };
   getConfig: () => {
     fields?: {
+      word?: string;
       audio?: string;
       image?: string;
     };
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ export interface FieldGroupingWorkflowDeps {
   hasFieldValue: (noteInfo: FieldGroupingWorkflowNoteInfo, preferredFieldName?: string) => boolean;
   addConfiguredTagsToNote: (noteId: number) => Promise<void>;
   removeTrackedNoteId: (noteId: number) => void;
+  rememberMergedNoteIds: (deletedNoteId: number, keptNoteId: number) => void;
   showStatusNotification: (message: string) => void;
   showNotification: (noteId: number, label: string | number) => Promise<void>;
   showOsdNotification: (message: string) => void;
@@ -156,6 +159,7 @@ export class FieldGroupingWorkflow {
     if (deleteDuplicate) {
       await this.deps.client.deleteNotes([deleteNoteId]);
       this.deps.removeTrackedNoteId(deleteNoteId);
+      this.deps.rememberMergedNoteIds(deleteNoteId, keepNoteId);
     }
 
     this.deps.logInfo('Merged duplicate card:', expression, 'into note:', keepNoteId);
@@ -176,7 +180,8 @@ export class FieldGroupingWorkflow {
     const fields = this.deps.extractFields(noteInfo.fields);
     return {
       noteId: noteInfo.noteId,
-      expression: fields.expression || fields.word || fallbackExpression,
+      expression:
+        getPreferredWordValueFromExtractedFields(fields, this.deps.getConfig()) || fallbackExpression,
       sentencePreview: this.deps.truncateSentence(
         fields[(sentenceCardConfig.sentenceField || 'sentence').toLowerCase()] ||
           (isOriginal ? '' : this.deps.getCurrentSubtitleText() || ''),
@@ -191,7 +196,7 @@ export class FieldGroupingWorkflow {
 
   private getExpression(noteInfo: FieldGroupingWorkflowNoteInfo): string {
     const fields = this.deps.extractFields(noteInfo.fields);
-    return fields.expression || fields.word || '';
+    return getPreferredWordValueFromExtractedFields(fields, this.deps.getConfig());
   }
 
   private async resolveFieldGroupingCallback(): Promise<
diff --git a/src/anki-integration/field-grouping.ts b/src/anki-integration/field-grouping.ts
index becb2f2..363b9a5 100644
--- a/src/anki-integration/field-grouping.ts
+++ b/src/anki-integration/field-grouping.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { KikuMergePreviewResponse } from '../types';
 import { createLogger } from '../logger';
+import { getPreferredWordValueFromExtractedFields } from '../anki-field-config';
 
 const log = createLogger('anki').child('integration.field-grouping');
 
@@ -9,6 +10,11 @@ interface FieldGroupingNoteInfo {
 }
 
 interface FieldGroupingDeps {
+  getConfig: () => {
+    fields?: {
+      word?: string;
+    };
+  };
   getEffectiveSentenceCardConfig: () => {
     model?: string;
     sentenceField: string;
@@ -102,7 +108,10 @@ export class FieldGroupingService {
         }
         const noteInfoBeforeUpdate = notesInfo[0]!;
         const fields = this.deps.extractFields(noteInfoBeforeUpdate.fields);
-        const expressionText = fields.expression || fields.word || '';
+        const expressionText = getPreferredWordValueFromExtractedFields(
+          fields,
+          this.deps.getConfig(),
+        );
         if (!expressionText) {
           this.deps.showOsdNotification('No expression/word field found');
           return;
diff --git a/src/anki-integration/known-word-cache.ts b/src/anki-integration/known-word-cache.ts
index a124f6e..b67ec27 100644
--- a/src/anki-integration/known-word-cache.ts
+++ b/src/anki-integration/known-word-cache.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 
 import { DEFAULT_ANKI_CONNECT_CONFIG } from '../config';
+import { getConfiguredWordFieldName } from '../anki-field-config';
 import { AnkiConnectConfig } from '../types';
 import { createLogger } from '../logger';
 
@@ -240,7 +241,8 @@ export class KnownWordCacheManager {
       }
       if (allFields.size > 0) return [...allFields];
     }
-    return ['Expression', 'Word', 'Reading', 'Word Reading'];
+    const configuredWordField = getConfiguredWordFieldName(this.deps.getConfig());
+    return [...new Set([configuredWordField, 'Word', 'Reading', 'Word Reading'])];
   }
 
   private buildKnownWordsQuery(): string {
diff --git a/src/anki-integration/note-update-workflow.ts b/src/anki-integration/note-update-workflow.ts
index 0709dd6..ca6ceb0 100644
--- a/src/anki-integration/note-update-workflow.ts
+++ b/src/anki-integration/note-update-workflow.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { DEFAULT_ANKI_CONNECT_CONFIG } from '../config';
+import { getPreferredWordValueFromExtractedFields } from '../anki-field-config';
 
 export interface NoteUpdateWorkflowNoteInfo {
   noteId: number;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ export interface NoteUpdateWorkflowDeps {
   };
   getConfig: () => {
     fields?: {
+      word?: string;
       sentence?: string;
       image?: string;
       miscInfo?: string;
@@ -90,8 +92,9 @@ export class NoteUpdateWorkflow {
       const noteInfo = notesInfo[0]!;
       this.deps.appendKnownWordsFromNoteInfo(noteInfo);
       const fields = this.deps.extractFields(noteInfo.fields);
+      const config = this.deps.getConfig();
 
-      const expressionText = (fields.expression || fields.word || '').trim();
+      const expressionText = getPreferredWordValueFromExtractedFields(fields, config).trim();
       const hasExpressionText = expressionText.length > 0;
       if (!hasExpressionText) {
         // Some note types omit Expression/Word; still run enrichment updates and skip duplicate checks.
@@ -123,8 +126,6 @@ export class NoteUpdateWorkflow {
         updatePerformed = true;
       }
 
-      const config = this.deps.getConfig();
-
       if (config.media?.generateAudio) {
         try {
           const audioFilename = this.deps.generateAudioFilename();
diff --git a/src/config/definitions/defaults-integrations.ts b/src/config/definitions/defaults-integrations.ts
index 7ae21b5..a10e27b 100644
--- a/src/config/definitions/defaults-integrations.ts
+++ b/src/config/definitions/defaults-integrations.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export const INTEGRATIONS_DEFAULT_CONFIG: Pick<
     },
     tags: ['SubMiner'],
     fields: {
+      word: 'Expression',
       audio: 'ExpressionAudio',
       image: 'Picture',
       sentence: 'Sentence',
diff --git a/src/config/definitions/options-integrations.ts b/src/config/definitions/options-integrations.ts
index 085c6b3..275ffd5 100644
--- a/src/config/definitions/options-integrations.ts
+++ b/src/config/definitions/options-integrations.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ export function buildIntegrationConfigOptionRegistry(
       description:
         'Tags to add to cards mined or updated by SubMiner. Provide an empty array to disable automatic tagging.',
     },
+    {
+      path: 'ankiConnect.fields.word',
+      kind: 'string',
+      defaultValue: defaultConfig.ankiConnect.fields.word,
+      description: 'Card field for the mined word or expression text.',
+    },
     {
       path: 'ankiConnect.ai.enabled',
       kind: 'boolean',
diff --git a/src/config/resolve/anki-connect.test.ts b/src/config/resolve/anki-connect.test.ts
index 764d847..490cefc 100644
--- a/src/config/resolve/anki-connect.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/resolve/anki-connect.test.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,36 @@ test('accepts valid proxy settings', () => {
   );
 });
 
+test('accepts configured ankiConnect.fields.word override', () => {
+  const { context, warnings } = makeContext({
+    fields: {
+      word: 'TargetWord',
+    },
+  });
+
+  applyAnkiConnectResolution(context);
+
+  assert.equal(context.resolved.ankiConnect.fields.word, 'TargetWord');
+  assert.equal(
+    warnings.some((warning) => warning.path === 'ankiConnect.fields.word'),
+    false,
+  );
+});
+
+test('maps legacy ankiConnect.wordField to modern ankiConnect.fields.word', () => {
+  const { context, warnings } = makeContext({
+    wordField: 'TargetWordLegacy',
+  });
+
+  applyAnkiConnectResolution(context);
+
+  assert.equal(context.resolved.ankiConnect.fields.word, 'TargetWordLegacy');
+  assert.equal(
+    warnings.some((warning) => warning.path === 'ankiConnect.wordField'),
+    false,
+  );
+});
+
 test('warns and falls back for invalid proxy settings', () => {
   const { context, warnings } = makeContext({
     proxy: {
diff --git a/src/config/resolve/anki-connect.ts b/src/config/resolve/anki-connect.ts
index db562d3..540d875 100644
--- a/src/config/resolve/anki-connect.ts
+++ b/src/config/resolve/anki-connect.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export function applyAnkiConnectResolution(context: ResolveContext): void {
   const metadata = isObject(ac.metadata) ? (ac.metadata as Record<string, unknown>) : {};
   const proxy = isObject(ac.proxy) ? (ac.proxy as Record<string, unknown>) : {};
   const legacyKeys = new Set([
+    'wordField',
     'audioField',
     'imageField',
     'sentenceField',
@@ -359,6 +360,17 @@ export function applyAnkiConnectResolution(context: ResolveContext): void {
       'Expected string.',
     );
   }
+  if (!hasOwn(fields, 'word')) {
+    mapLegacy(
+      'wordField',
+      asString,
+      (value) => {
+        context.resolved.ankiConnect.fields.word = value;
+      },
+      context.resolved.ankiConnect.fields.word,
+      'Expected string.',
+    );
+  }
   if (!hasOwn(fields, 'image')) {
     mapLegacy(
       'imageField',
@@ -833,7 +845,12 @@ export function applyAnkiConnectResolution(context: ResolveContext): void {
       DEFAULT_CONFIG.ankiConnect.knownWords.matchMode;
   }
 
-  const DEFAULT_FIELDS = ['Expression', 'Word', 'Reading', 'Word Reading'];
+  const DEFAULT_FIELDS = [
+    DEFAULT_CONFIG.ankiConnect.fields.word,
+    'Word',
+    'Reading',
+    'Word Reading',
+  ];
   const knownWordsDecks = knownWordsConfig.decks;
   const legacyNPlusOneDecks = nPlusOneConfig.decks;
   if (isObject(knownWordsDecks)) {
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index fb5fda0..08a4695 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -2598,6 +2598,7 @@ const ensureStatsServerStarted = (): string => {
       knownWordCachePath: path.join(USER_DATA_PATH, 'known-words-cache.json'),
       mpvSocketPath: appState.mpvSocketPath,
       ankiConnectConfig: getResolvedConfig().ankiConnect,
+      resolveAnkiNoteId: (noteId: number) => appState.ankiIntegration?.resolveCurrentNoteId(noteId) ?? noteId,
       addYomitanNote: async (word: string) => {
         const ankiUrl = getResolvedConfig().ankiConnect.url || 'http://127.0.0.1:8765';
         await syncYomitanDefaultAnkiServerCore(ankiUrl, yomitanDeps, yomitanLogger, {
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index e2b8f2b..c8a743b 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ export interface AnkiConnectConfig {
   };
   tags?: string[];
   fields?: {
+    word?: string;
     audio?: string;
     image?: string;
     sentence?: string;
@@ -722,6 +723,7 @@ export interface ResolvedConfig {
     };
     tags: string[];
     fields: {
+      word: string;
       audio: string;
       image: string;
       sentence: string;