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7 words matching 'しく' found
しく is the reading of the following word:
市区
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Reading : しく   
noun
municipal district; streets
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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 45,731 which gives a rank of 31,953
• Google Japan frequency rank: 8,000 (about 95,100,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 12816
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しく is an exact match with one form of the following word:
敷く
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Reading : しく   
1. to spread out; to lay out
2. to take a position
3. to impose widely (e.g. over a city)  (see also: 法令を敷く)
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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 98,940 which gives a rank of 5,350
敷く 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 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 54,000 (about 7,960,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N2
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1073 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 7929
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
このように
おお
きな
いし
なわ
をかけ
した
ころ
がし
まるた
丸太
いて
なわ
ほうほう
方法
ある
One method was to haul the large stones with ropes over a path laid with rolling logs.
かのじょ
彼女
ベッドきれいなシーツ
いた

She put clean sheets on the bed.
その
ゆか
あつ
じゅうたん
いてある

The floor is covered with a thick carpet.
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しく
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• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 16,000 (about 40,100,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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布く
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Reading : しく   
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 36,000 (about 15,600,000 results)
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しく is an exact match with one form of the following word:
詩句
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Reading : しく   
verse
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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 51,634 which gives a rank of 25,460
詩句 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 103,000 (about 1,690,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 39 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:
ていしゅ
亭主
にょうぼう
女房
しり
しかれる
とうぜん
当然

No wonder he is a hen - pecked husband.
おく
さん
しり
しかれている
His wife leads him by the nose.
あの
ふうふ
夫婦
とも
かせぎしているだが
ていしゅ
亭主
きゅうりょう
給料
ほう
にょうぼう
女房
きゅうりょう
給料
より
ひく
ていしゅ
亭主
にょうぼう
女房
しり
しかれる
とうぜん
当然

He and his wife both work and his salary is lower than hers, so no wonder he is a hen-pecked husband.
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 17,000 (about 38,200,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 14865
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 39 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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しく is a reading of every form of the following word:
若く
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Reading : しく   
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to match; to equal  (archaic)
2. to catch up with; to overtake
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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 37,282 which gives a rank of 46,985
若く is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 35,000 (about 16,200,000 results)
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如く
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• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 36,000 (about 15,900,000 results)
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及く
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• Google Japan frequency rank: 107,000 (about 1,540,000 results)
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しく is the reading of the following word:
死苦
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Reading : しく   
noun
1. inevitability of death (one of the four kinds of suffering)  (see also: 四苦; Buddhist term)
2. death pains; agony of death
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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 33,977 which gives a rank of 56,032
• Google Japan frequency rank: 47,000 (about 10,400,000 results)
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しく is the reading of the following word:
四苦
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Reading : しく   
noun
the four kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death)  (Buddhist term)
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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 28,817 which gives a rank of 80,441
• Google Japan frequency rank: 131,000 (about 791,000 results)
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しく is the reading of the following word:
頻く
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Reading : しく   
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to occur repeatedly; to be repeated  (is v4k; archaic)
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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 22,791 which gives a rank of 127,970
• Google Japan frequency rank: 151,000 (about 546,000 results)
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シ   いち market   
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キン   turban; cloth
lid
ク    ward   
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crossed swords
side open box
フ   し to spread out, to lay   
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the first time the way
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ホ    the first time   
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ヨウ   もちいる to use   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
dot   
ホウ   かた way, direction   
ぼく strike   
フ   ぬの cloth   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
シ   poetry
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ク    verse, phrase   
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wrap
ジャク   ニャク   わか young   もしくは or   
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ウ   ユウ   みぎ right   
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grass   
ジョ   ニョ    same   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
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   
シ   death   し die   
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death
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
さじ spoon   
ク   くるしい painful   くるしむ to suffer   くるしめる to torment   にが bitter   にが to feel bitter   
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コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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シ   four   よ    よ    よっ    よん    
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legs
box, enclosure   
ヒン    repeatedly   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ホ   フ   ブ   ある    あゆ to walk   
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ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
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