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.
popular gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) colloquial
- lily (Lilium spp.)
- yuri, genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- brethren, brothers, fellow countrymen, fellowman, compatriot
็ผ้กใกใฌใmeganepopular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) derogatory
- glasses, eyeglasses, spectacles
- judgment, judgement, discrimination, discernment, insight
- four-eyes
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic)
- (East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July)
- rain during the rainy season
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- kagura, traditional Shinto music and dancing
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kana form JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- samurai, warrior
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N5 ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- unskillful, poor, awkward
- imprudent, untactful
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- mother-in-law
- foster mother
- step mother
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N2 noun noun (generic)
- yukata, light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N1 noun noun (generic)
- storm, windstorm, gale