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)
- 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
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kana form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- snail
่้บฆใใฐsobapopular gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading search-only kana form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) abbreviation food, cooking
- buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
- soba, Japanese buckwheat noodles
- Chinese-style wheat noodles
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- peat
popular gikun or jukujikun formal or literary term noun noun (generic)
- older brother and older sister
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- index finger, forefinger
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kana form noun noun (generic)
- heat shimmer, heat haze, shimmering of hot air
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- cousin (older male)