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)
- straw sandals
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- woodpecker
gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading irregular kanji usage noun noun (generic)
- blacksmithing, forging, smithery, smithcraft
- blacksmith, smith
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- muddy place, mud, mire, sludge, slush, quagmire
gikun or jukujikun search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
ๅ็ญใคใใtsukushigikun or jukujikun obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- fertile shoot of field horsetail
- wooden stick with a burned tip (used to create underdrawings)
gikun or jukujikun poetical term dated term noun noun (generic)
- daybreak, dawn, aurora
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- rogue, thug, hoodlum, punk, racketeer
gikun or jukujikun derogatory noun noun (generic)
- prostitute, whore
- tramp, floozy, slut, bitch
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to doze (off)