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 noun noun (generic)
- funnel
gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic)
- beacon, skyrocket, signal fire, smoke signals
- starting shot, starting signal
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- pickpocket
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)
gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- earthworm, worm
gikun or jukujikun JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic) な adjective
- rag, old cloth
- tattered clothes, ragged clothes, rags
- fault (one is trying to hide), defect, weakness
- worn-out, run-down, shabby, ragged, tattered
gikun or jukujikun ateji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- winter wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone medicine noun noun (generic)
- morning sickness, nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- older brother and younger sister
gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression
- wild rose, bramble
- briar patch
- obstacle, source of difficulty, thorn