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.
美味しいおいしいoishiipopular 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) interjection
- bad(-tasting), unpalatable, unsavoury, unsavory, awful, terrible, unpleasant
- poor, unskillful, unskilful, bungling, clumsy
- ugly, unattractive, homely, plain
- awkward, problematic, troublesome, unfavorable, unfavourable, unwise
- oh no, uh-oh, this is bad
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be popular, to come into fashion
- to be prevalent, to spread widely (e.g. disease), to be endemic
- to flourish, to thrive
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 N2 usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to hesitate, to waver
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone adverb
- why, how, for what reason
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic) archaic
- ugly woman, unattractive woman
- female demon
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 noun noun (generic)
- white makeup powder, (face) powder