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A Japanese word whose kanji spelling conveys the meaning based on the individual characters, but the reading is not directly related to the spelling. For example, 大 (“big”, usually read ō in kun'yomi compounds) and 人 (“person”, usually read hito in kun'yomi compounds) combine to form 大人

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kanji ateji gikun
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Rhyming Words
okun lokun dukun sukun ashkun tikkun gokkun maskun
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