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4 words matching 'さる' found
さる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
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Reading : さる   
noun
1. monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate  (see also: ニホンザル; often written with kana only)
2. sly person  (derogatory)
3. idiot; hick  (derogatory)
4. sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
5. clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook  (see also: 自在鉤)
6. bathhouse prostitute  (see also: 湯女; archaic)
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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 146,678 which gives a rank of 1,352
猿 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 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 13,000 (about 51,100,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 3814 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 3902
• 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
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 14 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
Example sentences:
かれ
まるで
いぬ
さる

They get along like a cat and a dog (literally: they are just like a dog and a monkey).
かれ
まるで
いぬ
さる

They get along just like cats and dogs.
さる
から
ちる
kotowaza
Anyone can make a mistake; even the worthy Homer sometimes nods (literally: even monkeys fall from trees).
さる
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 35,000 (about 15,400,000 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 14 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
サル
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 35,000 (about 16,200,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 8022
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Reading : さる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 208,000 (about 201,000 results)
さる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
去る
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Reading : さる   
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to leave; to go away
2. to pass; to elapse
3. to be distant
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
4. to send away; to drive off; to divorce
5. ... completely  (after a -masu stem, esp. of a suru verb)
6. last ... (e.g. "last April")  (opposite: 来る; this meaning is restricted to form 去る)
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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 141,397 which gives a rank of 1,271
去る 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 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 46,000 (about 10,600,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 3150 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 2691
• 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 29 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:
われわれ
さいあく
最悪
きけん
危険
った
こと
って
おお
いに
あんしん
安心
した

We were greatly relieved to find that the worst dangers were over.
けいかん
警官
たち
その
したい
死体
はこ
った

The policemen carried away the body.
かれ
にほん
日本
にど
二度
かえ
ってこなかった

He left Japan never to come back.
さる
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 28,000 (about 21,600,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 9842
• 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 29 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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避る
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Reading : さる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 161,000 (about 487,000 results)
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さる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
さる
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1. a particular; a certain  (often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to reading さる)
2. that kind of; such a  (often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 7 (among the 20,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 66,351 which gives a rank of 13,593
さる is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 22,000 (about 27,800,000 results)
Example sentences:
ある
あさ
かぶとちょう
兜町
さる
なかがい
仲買
みせ
みせ
さき
ドサリ
げこまれた
ゆうびんぶつ
郵便物
やま
なか
ひときは
けいろ
毛色
かわ
つた
いっつう
一通
あつた
One morning, there was one letter that distinctly stood out from among a mountain of mail that had been piled onto each other at the shop of a broker in Kabuto-cho.
Source: 盗まれた手紙の話 坂口安吾, translation by Bunsuke)
しかる
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 79,000 (about 3,180,000 results)
然る
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Readings : さる    しかる   
然る can be read in 2 ways: さる (90%), しかる (10%).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 147,000 (about 574,000 results)
さる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
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Reading : さる   
noun
ninth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Monkey, 3pm-5pm, west-southwest, July)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 6 (among the 15,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 69,056 which gives a rank of 12,453
申 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 39,000 (about 13,300,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 6515
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 24 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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さる
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 96,000 (about 1,930,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 24 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
エン   さる monkey   
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ケン   いぬ dog   
long kimono
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
キョ   コ   さ leave   
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ム   private
ヒ   さける to avoid   
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ヘキ    rule   
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corpse
シン   から spicy   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
move
ゼン   ネン    resemble   
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ケン   いぬ dog   
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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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
dot   
ニク body part   
fire
シン   もう to say   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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