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5 words matching 'かむ' found
かむ is a reading of one form of the following word:
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Readings : かみ    かむ    かん   
神 can be read in 3 ways: かみ (70%), かん (30%), かむ (rare).
noun
1. god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami
noun, noun (prefix)
2. incredible; fantastic  (also written ネ申; slang)
noun
3. emperor of Japan  (honorific; archaic)
4. thunder  (archaic)
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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 129,936 which gives a rank of 2,055
神 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 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 1,000 (about 976,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 2095 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 834
• 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 3 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
かみ
そんざい
存在
しん
じない

He doesn't believe in God.
わたし
たち
かみ
そんざい
存在
しん
じる

We believe in the existence of God.
たみ
こえ
かみ
こえ

The voice of the people is the voice of God.
かみ
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 26,000 (about 23,800,000 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 3 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
かむ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
擤む
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Reading : かむ   
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
to blow (one's nose)  (often written with kana only)
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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 34,313 which gives a rank of 60,516
擤む is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 19,000 (about 34,800,000 results)
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かむ
BOOST
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 73,000 (about 4,220,000 results)
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かむ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
かむ
BOOST
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to bite
2. to chew; to gnaw; to masticate
3. to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to stutter; to stammer
4. to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
5. to engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.); to mesh; to fit together
6. to be involved in  (see also: 一枚噛む)
7. to convince; to persuade  (used by Edo period prostitutes; archaic)
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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 127,008 which gives a rank of 2,937
かむ is the most useful form. 4 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 55,000 (about 8,240,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 4649
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
こちら
がわ
かんでいいです
Can I chew on this side?
いた
こと
なんでもかんで
しん
じて
はいけない
Don't believe everything you hear.
あの
いぬ
あし
かまれた
I was bitten in the leg by that dog.
噛む
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Reading : かむ   
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• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 60,000 (about 6,490,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1305 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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咬む
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Reading : かむ   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 201,000 (about 253,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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嚼む
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Reading : かむ   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 140,000 (about 645,000 results)
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嚙む
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Reading : かむ   
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• Google Japan frequency rank: 237,000 (about 47,500 results)
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かむ is the reading of the following word:
家務
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Reading : かむ   
noun
1. family affairs; family business
2. steward in charge of the affairs of a samurai family (middle ages)
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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 32,437 which gives a rank of 61,466
• Google Japan frequency rank: 75,000 (about 3,930,000 results)
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かむ is the reading of the following word:
囓む
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Reading : かむ   
to bite
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 12 (among the 180,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 16,850 which gives a rank of 163,177
• Google Japan frequency rank: 212,000 (about 177,000 results)
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シン   ジン   かみ    かん-    こう- god   
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ジ   シ   しめ to show   
シン   もう to say   
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stick   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
to bite   かじる to chew; to dabble   
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シ   は tooth   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
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   
open box
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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コウ   か to bite   
シャク   か to bite, to chew   
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シャク    baron   
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つめ claw; fingernail   
net
good
スン   inch
to bite   
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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pig
roof   
ム   つとめる to work   つとまる to be fit for   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
ぼく strike   
ム   ほこ halberd   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ヨ    previously, in advance   
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katakana 'ma'
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
かじ to chew   
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かじ to chew   
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the master with the sword
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シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
トウ   かたな sword   
シ   は tooth   
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