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おおげさ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
大げさ
BOOST
Reading : おおげさ   
grandiose; exaggerated
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 125,417 which gives a rank of 2,396
大げさ is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are 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: 60,000 (about 6,500,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N1
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 2465 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 3545
• 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 20 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:
その
はなし
きっと
おお
げさ
つた
えられている

You may depend upon it that the story is exaggerated.
きょう
今日
かれ
えんぜつ
演説
やたら
おお
げさな
ことば
言葉
おお
くて
なに
っている
よくわからなかった
He used so much inflated language in his speech today I couldn't figure out what he was saying.
あの
ひと
ちい
さな
こと
おお
げさ
のでそのまま
しん
じない
ほうがいい
That person tends to exaggerate small matters, so it's better not to believe them outright.
おおげさ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 141,000 (about 633,000 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 20 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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大袈裟
BOOST
Reading : おおげさ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 79,000 (about 3,510,000 results)
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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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ケ    Buddhist robe, Buddhist stole   
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イ   ころも clothes   
カ   くわえる to add to   くわわる to join, to be added to   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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サ    Buddhist robe, Buddhist surplice   
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サ   sand
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ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
スイ   みず water   
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