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 search-only kana form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic)
- good(-tasting), nice, delicious, tasty
- attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.), appealing, convenient, favorable, desirable, profitable
popular gikun or jukujikun search-only kana form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone い adjective adjective (generic)
- bad(-tasting), unpalatable, unsavoury, unsavory, awful, terrible, unpleasant
- poor, unskillful, unskilful, bungling, clumsy
- ugly, unattractive, homely, plain
- awkward, problematic, troublesome, unfavorable, unfavourable, unwise
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb な adjective adjective (generic)
- as one would expect, just as you'd expect (from), just like (someone)
- still, all the same, after all
- even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone adverb
- why, how, for what reason
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) adverb noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- day after tomorrow
- wrong (e.g. direction)
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- dragonfly
popular gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- small fire
popular gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla), French hydrangea
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cousin (female)
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone adverb な adjective adjective (generic)
- how, in what way, how about
- questionable