List: word containing irregular kana usage
Readings considered non-standard, infrequent, coloquial or dialectical.
popular irregular reading usually written using kana alone conjunction logic noun noun (generic)
- and
- AND (Boolean operator)
irregular reading noun noun (generic)
- edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum)
irregular reading noun noun (generic)
- egoist
popular irregular reading noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) colloquial euphemistic noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb abbreviation prefix golf
- H, h
- indecent, lewd, sexy, dirty, obscene
- (having) sex
- pervert
- nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
- hour
- hydrogen (H)
- hole
irregular reading noun noun (generic)
- German chamomile (Matricaria recutita), German camomile
popular irregular reading ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Guam
irregular reading noun noun (generic)
- cuckoo
irregular reading noun noun (generic)
- golf bag
gairaigo French origin irregular reading noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- work-to-rule, go-slow strike, slowdown
- being idle, slackening, being truant, playing hooky, skipping school, skipping out
gairaigo English origin irregular reading search-only kana form noun noun (generic)
- punching bag, punchbag