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3 words matching 'あらい' found
あらい is a reading of every form of the following word:
洗い
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Reading : あらい   
noun
1. washing  (this meaning is restricted to form 洗い)
2. sashimi chilled in iced water  (food term)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 10 (among the 100,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 39,031 which gives a rank of 44,225
洗い is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 14,000 (about 48,800,000 results)
Example sentences:
べる
まえ
あら
なさい
Wash your hands before eating.
いま
すぐ
あら
なさい
Wash your hands right now.
まいかい
毎回
しょくじ
食事
まえ
あら
なさい
Wash your hands before each meal.
洗魚
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Reading : あらい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 45,000 (about 11,100,000 results)
洗鱠
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Reading : あらい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 207,000 (about 209,000 results)
洗膾
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Reading : あらい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 207,000 (about 209,000 results)
あらい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
粗い
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Reading : あらい   
coarse; rough
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 84,970 which gives a rank of 9,273
粗い is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 61,000 (about 6,240,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N3
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 42 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
その
ぶったい
物体
ひょうめん
表面
かなり
あら

The surface of the object is fairly rough.
その
きみょう
奇妙
ぶったい
物体
ひょうめん
表面
かなり
あら

The surface of the peculiar object is fairly rough.
かのじょ
彼女
ドレスきめ
あら
ウールできていた
Her dress was made of coarse wool.
あらい
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 76,000 (about 3,790,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 42 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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あらい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
荒い
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Reading : あらい   
rough; rude; wild
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 103,473 which gives a rank of 5,357
荒い is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 62,000 (about 6,120,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N2
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4519 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 16208
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 36 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
かれ
うんてん
運転
あら

He drives roughly.
かのじょ
彼女
はな
かた
あら
かもしれませんその
いっぽう
一方
せいかく
性格
あか
るくて
ひじょう
非常
やさ
しい
ひと
です
Her way of speaking may be rough, but on the other hand she has a bubbly personality and she is an incredibly kind person.
かのじょ
彼女
ことばづか
言葉使
あら

She is rough in speech.
あらい
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 76,000 (about 3,790,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 36 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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セン   あら to wash   
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スイ   みず water   
セン   さき ahead   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
legs
ギョ   さかな    うお fish   
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corner
デン   た rice field   
fire
ソ   あら coarse, rough   
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and another, moreover   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
コウ   あら violent, rough   あれる to be rough, stormy   あらす to lay waste   
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grass   
ボウ   モウ   dead   な to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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shelf
lid
セン   かわ river   
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