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 rarely used kana form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- snail
่้บฆใใฐsobapopular gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading search-only kana form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) abbreviation food, cooking
- buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
- soba, Japanese buckwheat noodles
- Chinese-style wheat noodles
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- peat
popular gikun or jukujikun formal or literary term noun noun (generic)
- older brother and older sister
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- index finger, forefinger
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kana form noun noun (generic)
- heat shimmer, heat haze, shimmering of hot air
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- cousin (older male)
popular gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- neglect, negligence, disregard, making light of
popular gikun or jukujikun search-only kana form search-only kanji form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb intransitive verb ใช adjective adjective (generic) humble language euphemistic
- mischief, prank, trick, practical joke
- mischievous, naughty
- pastime, hobby
- playing with (e.g. a lighter), fooling around with, messing around with, amusing oneself with, tampering with
- lewd behaviour, sexual misconduct, sexual assault, molestation, rape
popular gikun or jukujikun JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun familiar language
- you
- dear, honey