Kanji Reading Quiz | Iō, Kagura, Norito, and Other Jukujikun, Standard–Advanced Set 5

「硫黄」 is read 「いおう」. It is listed in the appendix to the Jōyō Kanji Table as a jukujikun whose reading applies to the word as a whole. It is not 「りゅうおう」, based on the regular on-reading of 「硫」, or 「りゅうこう」, which also reads 「黄」 as kō.

「意気地」 is read 「いくじ」. Its reading is listed for the complete word in the appendix to the Jōyō Kanji Table rather than being formed by simply combining the usual sounds of each character. 「いきじ」 incorrectly substitutes ki for the middle sound.

「息吹」 is read 「いぶき」. It is not 「いきぶき」, which merely joins the standalone reading iki for 「息」 to fuki from 「吹く」. The reading also fits the sentence's sense of perceiving the renewed vitality of spring in budding plants.

「海原」 is read 「うなばら」 and refers to a broad expanse of sea. 「うみはら」 is incorrectly influenced by the standalone reading umi for 「海」, while 「うなはら」 omits the required voicing of hara to bara.

The appendix to the Jōyō Kanji Table gives 「うば」 as the reading of 「乳母」. Because another reading can appear in classical contexts, the question specifically asks for the appendix's reading. 「にゅうぼ」 is an incorrect attempt to combine on-readings of the two characters.

「神楽」, the music and dance offered in a Shinto rite, is read 「かぐら」. It is not 「しんがく」, formed from the on-readings of 「神」 and 「楽」. The reading for the complete word appears in the appendix to the Jōyō Kanji Table.

「玄人」, a person highly skilled in a field, is read 「くろうと」. Even if 「玄」 suggests kuro, the second half is not read character by character as hito in 「くろひと」. 「げんじん」 likewise incorrectly combines on-readings.

「桟敷」, a raised or specially arranged viewing section, is read 「さじき」. 「さんしき」 incorrectly leans on the characters' on-readings, while 「さしぎ」 voices the wrong syllable.

In this Shinto-ritual context, 「祝詞」 is read 「のりと」 and refers to words addressed to a deity. The reading 「しゅくし」 has a separate use for congratulatory words, but the conditions that a priest recites it during a rite make 「のりと」 the unique answer here.

「相撲」, the sport in which wrestlers compete in a ring, is read 「すもう」. It is not 「そうぼく」 or 「そうもう」, both attempts to combine ordinary character readings. The appendix to the Jōyō Kanji Table gives the reading for the word as a whole.