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10 words matching 'きゅう' found
きゅう is an exact match with one form of the following word:
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Readings : きゅう       ここの    この    ここ   
九 can be read in 5 ways: きゅう (50%), この (30%), ここ (10%), く (10%), ここの (rare).
numeric
nine  (玖 is used in legal documents)
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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 170,543 which gives a rank of 157
九 is the most useful form. 4 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: 1,000 (about 840,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 312 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 1243
• 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)
Example sentences:
きゅう
ろく
いくつです
How many is nine minus six?
きょう
今日
おとうと
きゅう
さいになりました
My little brother turned nine today.
かいらくえん
偕楽園
えど
江戸
じだい
時代
みと
水戸
はん
きゅう
だい
はんしゅ
藩主
によって
ぞうえん
造園
されました

Kairaku Garden was constructed in the Edo Period by the ninth leader of the Mito Clan.
きゅう
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 27,000 (about 22,700,000 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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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 3,000 (about 360,000,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Readings : きゅう       ここの    この    ここ   
9 can be read in 5 ways: きゅう (50%), この (30%), ここの (20%), ここ (rare), く (rare).
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• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 0 (about 25,270,000,000 results)
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Readings : きゅう       ここの    この    ここ   
玖 can be read in 5 ways: きゅう (40%), この (20%), く (20%), ここ (10%), ここの (10%).
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 22,000 (about 29,700,000 results)
きゅう is an exact match with one form of the following word:
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Reading : きゅう   
noun
1. sphere  (mathematics)
suffix, counter
2. counter for balls  (baseball term)
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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 107,565 which gives a rank of 4,051
球 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 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 2,000 (about 565,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 5873 (see iKnow! collections)
• 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 4 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
Example sentences:
パチンコ
ゆうぎ
遊技
りょういき
領域
ゆうぎ
遊技
きゅう
こと
ゆうぎ
遊技
おこな
われる

The game of pachinko is played by shooting balls into the play area.
ビル
だい
きゅう
そこなった
Bill missed the first ball.
きゅう
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• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 27,000 (about 22,800,000 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 4 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
きゅう is an exact match with one form of the following word:
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Reading : きゅう   
noun, noun (suffix), counter
class (e.g. school); grade; rank
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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 121,788 which gives a rank of 2,675
級 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 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 2,000 (about 539,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 3013 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 263
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 5 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
Example sentences:
きゅう
かんじ
漢字
どれだけ
おぼ
えています

How many grade four kanji have you memorised?
かれ
じゅう
10
ねん
きゅう
ざいがく
在学
ちゅう

He is in the tenth grade.
せても
れても
もと
さんがくたいいん
山岳隊員
3000メートル
きゅう
やま
など
でもない

He may be skinny and worn out, but he was a mountaineering rescue member, so things like 3,000-meter mountains are nothing to him.
きゅう
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• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 27,000 (about 23,000,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 5 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
きゅう is an exact match with one form of the following word:
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Reading : きゅう   
noun, prefix
ex-; former; old
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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 85,332 which gives a rank of 9,155
旧 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 2,000 (about 413,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 2986 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
Example sentences:
この
たてもの
建物
きゅう
やまだ
山田
そと
べんじょ
便所
さいげん
再現
した
ものです
This is the reconstructed outdoor restroom of the former Yamada house.
きゅう
じゆうとう
自由党
ちか
せいりょく
勢力
げんじょういじ
現状維持
もと
かいけん
改憲
には
はんたい
反対
であった
The influential group close to the former Liberal Party requested that they maintain the status quo and objected to the constitutional change.
きゅう
システム
よう
かれた
ソフト
じょういごかんせい
上位互換性
たも
たいせつ
大切
です
It is important to maintain backward compatibility with software that was written to run on the former system.
きゅう
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• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 27,000 (about 22,800,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 7941
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
きゅう is an exact match with one form of the following word:
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Reading : きゅう   
1. urgent; sudden; abrupt
2. sharp; steep; precipitous
3. rapid; swift; fast
noun
4. emergency; crisis
5. hurrying; haste
6. (in gagaku or noh) end of a song  (see also: 序破急)
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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 164,425 which gives a rank of 256
急 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 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 2,000 (about 399,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1170 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 2989
• 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)
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Example sentences:
この
かわ
なが
きゅう

The current of this river is rapid.
おおあめ
大雨
かわ
みず
きゅう
えた

The river swelled rapidly because of the heavy rain.
きゅう
かのじょ
彼女
こえ
ちょうし
調子
かわ
った

There was a sudden change in her tone.
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きゅう
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• Google Japan frequency rank: 27,000 (about 22,800,000 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)
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きゅう is the reading of the following word:
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Reading : きゅう   
noun
wage; recompense  (obscure term)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 9 (among the 50,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 49,285 which gives a rank of 26,484
• Google Japan frequency rank: 2,000 (about 413,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 8242
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きゅう is the reading of the following word:
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Reading : きゅう   
noun
1. palace
2. tonic (of the Japanese amp Chinese pentatonic scale)  (see also: 五音)
3. ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women)  (see also: 宮刑; abbreviation)
noun, noun (suffix)
4. zodiacal sign  (see also: 十二宮)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 11 (among the 150,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 25,412 which gives a rank of 107,505
• Google Japan frequency rank: 6,000 (about 149,000,000 results)
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きゅう is the reading of the following word:
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Reading : きゅう   
noun
1. bow (and arrow)
2. unit of distance to an archery target (approx. six feet)
3. unit of distance for land surveying (approx. eight feet)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 11 (among the 150,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 23,848 which gives a rank of 119,792
• Google Japan frequency rank: 9,000 (about 80,000,000 results)
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きゅう is the reading of the following word:
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Readings : きゅう    やいと   
灸 can be read in 2 ways: きゅう (90%), やいと (10%).
noun
moxibustion
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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 17,572 which gives a rank of 160,964
• Google Japan frequency rank: 28,000 (about 22,200,000 results)
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きゅう is an exact match with the following word:
きゅう
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1. (rubbing, twisting) hard; with a squeal; with a creak  (see also: きゅっと; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. (drinking) in one sweep  (see also: きゅっと; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 8 (among the 30,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 52,253 which gives a rank of 22,883
• Google Japan frequency rank: 30,000 (about 19,700,000 results)
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ク   キュウ   ここの nine   
nine; black jewel
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オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ク   キュウ   ひさしい a long time   
キュウ   たま ball   
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キュウ   もとめる to request, want, demand   
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dot   
スイ   みず water   
キュウ    class   
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シ   いと thread   
キュウ   およ to amount to, reach   およぼす to exert   およ and, as well as   
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three
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
キュウ    former, old   
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stick   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
キュウ   いそ to hurry   
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シン   こころ heart   
corner
yo = to yell / say hi
キュウ    supply   
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ゴウ   ガッ   カッ   あ to fit, come together   あわす to match   あわせる to unite, join   
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assembly, gathering   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ク   キュウ   グウ   みや palace, shrine   
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リョ   ロ    spine   
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roof   
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
キュウ    moxibustion   
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カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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eight
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