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おす is an exact match with one form of the following word:
BOOST
Reading : おす   
male (animal)  (see also: ; often written with kana only)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 112,092 which gives a rank of 3,578
雄 is the most useful form. 3 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 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 7,000 (about 123,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1684 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 3303
• 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 1 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:
めす
がちょう
鵞鳥
ソースなるもの
ゆう
がちょう
鵞鳥
ソースなる
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
かのじょ
彼女
このおせすっかり
よくした
She felt herself flattered by this compliment.
どうぞおすわりください
Please take a seat.
おす
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 57,000 (about 7,240,000 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 1 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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オス
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 28,000 (about 21,600,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 5529
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BOOST
Reading : おす   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 33,000 (about 17,500,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 10411
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ユウ   male; brave   お- brave; male   おす male   
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little bird
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forearm   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
ム   private
ボ   お-    おす male   
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ギュウ   うし cow   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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