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 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to sway to and fro, to drift about, to flutter, to flicker
- to be fickle, to be irresolute, to vacillate, to waver
gikun or jukujikun archaic noun noun (generic)
- bedpan, chamber pot, potty
- baby tiger, hard-earned reward
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), cow pea, black-eyed pea, southern pea
gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- path to the netherworld (underworld), Hades, Hell
gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- lamp
gikun or jukujikun rarely used kana form rarely used kanji form historical term noun noun (generic)
- trial by hot water, putting a person's hand in boiling water to determine their guilt or innocence (with the belief that the innocent would not be scalded)
gikun or jukujikun Internet slang noun (prefix) noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- incredible, fantastic, amazing
gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- swim bladder, air bladder
gikun or jukujikun archaic humble language pronoun familiar language
- I, me
- you
gikun or jukujikun archaic Shinto noun noun (generic)
- person who judges which god or spirit has taken possession of a miko