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 noun noun (generic)
- sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife)
- older stepsister, older adopted sister, non-blood-related older sister
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- (spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.), one's lines
- comment, remark, phrase, words
- stock phrase, set phrase, clichรฉ, platitude
popular gikun or jukujikun search-only kana form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- burn, scald
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic) colloquial
- dusk, twilight
- twilight years
- melancholia, melancholic nostalgia
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kana form martial arts noun noun (generic)
- bamboo sword (for kendo), bamboo fencing stick
- bamboo sword
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- younger brother and sister
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife)
- younger stepsister, younger adopted sister, non-blood-related younger sister
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic)
- torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.), flambeau, torchlight
popular gikun or jukujikun search-only kanji form Shinto noun noun (generic)
- miko, shrine maiden, young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines
- medium, sorceress, shamaness
popular gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- phosphorescent light, mysterious lights on the sea, sea fire