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いでん is an exact match with one form of the following word:
遺伝
BOOST
Reading : いでん   
heredity; inherent
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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遺伝 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 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 40,000 (about 13,400,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 6644
• 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 12 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:
おや
おお
びょうき
病気
ども
いでん
遺伝
させる
こと
わかった
Parents can pass many diseases on to their offspring.
こうしゃ
後者
のうりょく
能力
すべて
いでん
遺伝
によって
わたしたち
私達
つた
えられる
つまり
おや
から
つぐ
いでんし
遺伝子
とお
して
わたし
たち
そうした
のうりょく
能力
である
All of these abilities are passed on to us by genetic transmission; we receive them by way of the genes that we inherit from our parents.
しかし
げんご
言語
ばあい
場合
わたしたち
私達
いでんてき
遺伝的
はな
たり
りかい
理解
たりする
のうりょく
能力
だけである
わたしたち
私達
はな
とくてい
特定
1つないし
ふくすう
複数
げんご
言語
いでん
遺伝
なく
ぶんかてき
文化的
でんたつ
伝達
によって
わたしたち
私達
つた
えられる
である
In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.
いでん
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 115,000 (about 1,230,000 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 12 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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イ   ユイ    bequest   
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move
キ   たっと    とうと precious, valuable   たっと    とうと value, esteem, respect   
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チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
デン   つたえる to tell, transmit   つたわる to be handed down   つた to go along   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウン    say   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ム   private
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