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4 words matching 'おく' found
おく is an exact match with one form of the following word:
BOOST
Reading : おく   
noun
interior; inner part; inside
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 148,901 which gives a rank of 838
奥 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 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 3,000 (about 378,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1043 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 2961
• 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 7 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
Example sentences:
かれ
レストラン
おく
ほう
すわ
った

The group was seated in the back of the restaurant.
かれ
たてもの
建物
おく
ってみました

He went to the back of the building.
かれ
めがね
おく
わら
っていた

His eyes were smiling behind his glasses.
おく
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 5,000 (about 166,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 1721
• 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 7 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
BOOST
Reading : おく   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 10,000 (about 73,500,000 results)
おく is an exact match with one form of the following word:
BOOST
Reading : おく   
numeric
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
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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 115,425 which gives a rank of 3,235
億 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 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 4,000 (about 241,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1518 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 585
• 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 44 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
Example sentences:
ひがい
被害
そうがく
総額
おく
えん
いじょう
以上
であった
The gross amount of the loss was larger than 100 million yen.
どうしゃ
同社
ことし
今年
せつび
設備
とうし
投資
けいかく
計画
100
おく
えん
められている

The company's capital expenditure program is set to be 10 billion yen for this year.
にほん
日本
じんこう
人口
やく
1
おく
2000
まん
にん
です
The population of Japan is about 120 million.
おく
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 5,000 (about 166,000,000 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 44 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
おく is an exact match with one form of the following word:
置く
BOOST
Reading : おく   
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to put; to place
2. to leave (behind)
3. to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up
4. to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ
5. to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc)
6. to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool
7. to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house
8. to separate spatially or temporally
'ku' godan verb, auxiliary verb
9. to do something in advance  (after the -te form of a verb; often written with kana only)
10. to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state  (after the -te form of a verb; often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 154,589 which gives a rank of 758
置く 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 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 13,000 (about 53,800,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 60 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 569
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
バッグどこ
けば
いいです
Where can I put my bag?
きのう
よる
いえ
かえ
って
からかぎどこ
いた
おぼ
えていません

I don't remember where I put the key after I got home last night.
じけん
事件
レポート
わったら
わたし
つくえ
いてください

Once you've finished reading the incident report, please put it on my desk.
おく
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 5,000 (about 166,000,000 results)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 269
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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おく is the reading of the following word:
措く
BOOST
Reading : おく   
to give up; to except
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 12 (among the 180,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 17,207 which gives a rank of 162,109
• Google Japan frequency rank: 227,000 (about 91,400 results)
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オウ   おく core, inner recess   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
wide
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
オウ   オク    core, inner recess   
オク    hundred million   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
イ    idea   
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オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
シン   こころ heart   
チ   お to put   
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チョク   ジキ    honest; direct   なお to correct   なお to be cured   ただちに immediately   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
shelf
net
ソ    set aside   
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セキ   シャク   ancient; old   むかし ancient   
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キョウ   とも together   
hand
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