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 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese green woodpecker (Picus awokera), Japanese woodpecker, wavy-bellied woodpecker
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
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- crucible, melting pot
- melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.)
- state of ecstasy, state of fevered excitement
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 rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- lizard
- skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
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)