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 JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone adverb ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- how, in what way, how about
- questionable
popular gikun or jukujikun search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- cuttlefish, squid
gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- azalea, rhododendron
gikun or jukujikun slang noun noun (generic)
- (police) detective
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
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to stagger, to stumble, to totter, to reel
- to waver, to be in two minds
- to have an affair (with), to fall (for someone)
gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- alpaca (Vicugna pacos)
gairaigo Dutch origin popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- glass, pane
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