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5 words matching 'きのう' found
きのう is an exact match with one form of the following word:
機能
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Reading : きのう   
function; facility; faculty; feature
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 169,401 which gives a rank of 480
機能 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 almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 1,000 (about 1,010,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N3
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1930 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 504
• 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:
かれ
のう
きのう
機能
について
けんきゅう
研究
している

They study about the function of the brain.
こっかい
国会
ほんらい
本来
きのう
機能
じゅうぶん
十分
たして
いない
The Diet is not fully functioning as such.
ブレーキ
きのう
機能
くるま
める
こと
The function of the brake is to stop the car.
きのう
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 51,000 (about 8,870,000 results)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N0
• 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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きのう is an exact match with one form of the following word:
昨日
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Readings : きのう    さくじつ   
昨日 can be read in 2 ways: さくじつ (50%), きのう (50%).
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
yesterday
Historically, きのう meant specifically the day before today, whereas さくじつ could refer to a longer period ago (as does 先日). Today there is no clear distinction - both mean yesterday. https://ameblo.jp/maki4034/entry-12045183214.html ⇗
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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 161,182 which gives a rank of 729
昨日 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 almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 3,000 (about 345,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 332 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 19305
• 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 10 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:
かのじょ
彼女
きのう
昨日
だれ
ほうもん
訪問
しません
でした
She didn't visit anybody.
きのう
昨日
なぜ
がっこう
学校
けっせき
欠席
した
です
Why were you absent from school yesterday?
これ
きのう
昨日
った

I bought this yesterday.
さくじつ
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 202,000 (about 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 10 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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きのう
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 51,000 (about 8,870,000 results)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N5
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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きのう is the reading of the following word:
帰納
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Reading : きのう   
induction; inductive reasoning
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 80,113 which gives a rank of 11,974
• Google Japan frequency rank: 123,000 (about 968,000 results)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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きのう is the reading of the following word:
帰農
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Reading : きのう   
take up farming again
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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 20,065 which gives a rank of 149,247
• Google Japan frequency rank: 225,000 (about 102,000 results)
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No examples found for any form of this word.
きのう is the reading of the following word:
気嚢
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Reading : きのう   
noun
air bladder or sac
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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 10,252 which gives a rank of 173,852
• Google Japan frequency rank: 245,000 (about 22,100 results)
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キ    machine   はた loom   
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キ   いく- how many, how much   
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protection   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
tasseled spear
short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
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   
stick   
ノウ    ability   
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さじ spoon   
private month
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ム   private
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
サク    yesterday   
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ながらも although   -なが while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
キ   かえ to return   かえ to send back, give back   
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トウ   かたな sword   
broom   
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yo; yell
cover; covered   
キン   turban; cloth
ノウ   ナッ   ナ   ナン   トウ payment, settlement   おさめる to supply   おさまる to be installed   
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ナイ   ダイ   うち inside   
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wide
ノウ    agriculture   
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シン   たつ dragon; 7-9 am   
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
cliff
キョク   melody; curve   まがる to curve, to bend (intr)   まげる to twist (tr)   
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キ   ケ    spirit   
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second   おつ    
crossed swords
sack
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