List: gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading)
Gikun and jukujikun are readings of kanji combinations that have no direct correspondence to the characters' individual on'yomi or kun'yomi readings.
gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- alpaca (Vicugna pacos)
gairaigo Dutch origin popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- glass, pane
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- crayfish (esp. the Japanese crayfish or red swamp crayfish), crawfish
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- spring (device)
- spring (in one's legs), bounce
- springboard, impetus
gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- beer
gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- Vietnam
gairaigo Central Khmer origin gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- (tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem, kiseru
- cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic) obsolete term
- Hades, hell, underworld
- underground spring
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica), Japanese boxwood