While the number of such 熟語 out there is much less than 音・音 pairs and also 訓・訓 pairs, there are still plenty out there. Here's one I happily encountered the other day.
I moved appartment recently and was lucky enough to get all my 敷金(しき・きん) that I paid for on the first appartment back! Didn't think that happened in Japan.
Technically, I think しき is a nanori reading of 敷、but it's going in this thread anyway!
The Brain teaser thread was going slightly off topic hence the "need" for this thread.
I moved appartment recently and was lucky enough to get all my 敷金(しき・きん) that I paid for on the first appartment back! Didn't think that happened in Japan.
Technically, I think しき is a nanori reading of 敷、but it's going in this thread anyway!
The Brain teaser thread was going slightly off topic hence the "need" for this thread.


I offered the idea that upon registration, every student include furigana with their kanji. Then, when the office lady makes the official school name list spreadsheet, she include the hiragana also. Then, every teacher can simply cut and paste into whatever list they want. "Wow! That'd be so simple! That'd make it so much easier for all the teachers!," one teacher exclaimed. "But, sorry, it'll never change. It's too "difficult" to change," she added...