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.

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対手  たいしゅ taishu

  • opponent (in combat)

緑啄木鳥  あおげら aogera

  • Japanese green woodpecker (Picus awokera), Japanese woodpecker, wavy-bellied woodpecker

石蓴  あおさ aosa

  • sea lettuce (Ulva spp.)

蒿雀  あおじ aoji

  • black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)

灰汁  あく aku

  • lye
  • harsh taste, astringency
  • scum (formed when cooking some foods)
  • (excessive) strength of will

紫陽花  あじさい ajisai

  • bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla), French hydrangea

小豆  あずき azuki

Popular 

  • adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)

暴風  ぼうふう boufuu

Popular  JLPT-1 

  • storm, windstorm, gale

暴風雨  ぼうふうう boufuuu

Popular 

  • rainstorm, storm

従兄  じゅうけい juukei

Popular 

  • cousin (elder male)