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)
- index finger, forefinger
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- cousin (older male)
popular gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) な adjective adjective (generic)
- neglect, negligence, disregard, making light of
popular gikun or jukujikun search-only kana form search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb intransitive verb な adjective adjective (generic) humble language euphemistic
- mischief, prank, trick, practical joke
- mischievous, naughty
- pastime, hobby
- playing with (e.g. a lighter), fooling around with, messing around with, amusing oneself with, tampering with
- lewd behaviour, sexual misconduct, sexual assault, molestation, rape
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun familiar language
- you
- dear, honey
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to feel dizzy, to have blood rush to one's head
- to lose one's cool
- to be obsessed, to be infatuated
- to become conceited
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N1 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to beg, to pester, to plead, to coax, to hound, to importune
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- sitting cross-legged
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cousin (male)
popular gikun or jukujikun search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone pre-noun adjectival adjective (generic)
- what is called, what you call, what they call, so-called