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 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
- shiranui (Citrus reticulata Shiranui), shiranuhi, sumo citrus, sumo mandarin
ččăăkumopopular gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- spider
popular gikun or jukujikun obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- nori, laver, edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
gairaigo Portuguese origin popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- tobacco, cigarette, cigar
- tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) adverb
- day before yesterday
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- sexagenary cycle, 60-term cycle of 12 zodiac animals combined with 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar; currently used in Japan for years, historically also for days
- 12-year Chinese zodiac
popular gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading Shinto noun noun (generic)
- ritual prayer, invocation of the gods participating in a rite
- congratulatory address
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic)
- occupation, calling
- livelihood