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.
gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- azalea, rhododendron
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone adverb
- how, in what way, how about
gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be shy, to be bashful, to look shy
gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- alpaca (Vicugna pacos)
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- crayfish (esp. the Japanese crayfish or red swamp crayfish), crawfish
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- spring (device)
- spring (in one's legs), bounce
- springboard, impetus
gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- beer
gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- Vietnam
gairaigo Central Khmer origin gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- (tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem, kiseru
- cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey
gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic) obsolete term
- Hades, hell, underworld
- underground spring