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2 words matching 'しなん' found
しなん is an exact match with one form of the following word:
指南
BOOST
Reading : しなん   
instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching  (see also: 指南車:しなんしゃ; from the compass in a 指南車 always pointing the same direction)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 6 (among the 15,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 69,002 which gives a rank of 12,350
指南 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 3,000 (about 274,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 18137
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 27 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:
わり
って
なに
です
わたし
いささか
しなん
指南
いたしましょ

It would be presumptuous to call myself his replacement, but I could offer some guidance.
しなん
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 59,000 (about 6,730,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 27 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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しなん is an exact match with one form of the following word:
至難
BOOST
Reading : しなん   
most difficult; next to impossible
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 7 (among the 20,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 66,587 which gives a rank of 17,818
至難 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 91,000 (about 2,430,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 19 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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しなん
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 161,000 (about 482,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 19 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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シ   ゆび finger   さ to point   
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シ   むね content; purport   
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さじ spoon   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
hand
ナン   ナ   みなみ south   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
wide
シ   いた to reach, to lead to   
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ム   private
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ナン   むずかしい difficult   かた hard   
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the husband with the grass mouth
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フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
grass   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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little bird
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