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17 words matching 'しょうし' found
しょうし is a reading of one form of the following word:
ガラス
BOOST
noun
1. glass; pane  (often written with kana only; originally from Dutch 'glas')
noun or verb acting prenominally
2. vitreous  (see also: 硝子体:しょうしたい)
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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 134,296 which gives a rank of 1,736
ガラス 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 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 2,000 (about 464,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 887 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 3204
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
Example sentences:
ガラス
ふれる
Don't touch the glass.
だれ
ガラス
った

Who broke the window?
ビールびんガラスできている
Beer bottles are made of glass.
硝子
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Reading : しょうし   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 24,000 (about 26,100,000 results)
しょうし is the reading of the following word:
正子
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Reading : しょうし   
noun
midnight
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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 49,248 which gives a rank of 26,527
• Google Japan frequency rank: 8,000 (about 95,700,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 19303
Example sentences:
まさこ
正子
ふだん
ある
いて
がっこう
学校

Masako usually walks to school.
しょうし is a reading of one form of the following word:
生死
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Readings : せいし    しょうし    しょうじ   
生死 can be read in 3 ways: せいし (80%), しょうじ (10%), しょうし (10%).
noun
1. life and death
2. samsara (cycle of death and rebirth)  (Buddhist term; this meaning is restricted to reading しょうし, しょうじ)
3. death  (this meaning is restricted to reading しょうし, しょうじ)
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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 108,128 which gives a rank of 3,984
生死 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 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 10,000 (about 72,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 5268 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 15817
• 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 17 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
Example sentences:
それいわば
せいし
生死
もんだい
問題

It is, as it were, a life and death problem.
その
たたか
せいし
生死
けた
たたか
ようであった
That fight seemed like a life-or-death struggle.
かれ
じぶん
自分
せいし
生死
かけておぼれかけた
しょうねん
少年
すく
った

He saved the drowning boy at the risk of his own life.
せいし
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 68,000 (about 4,910,000 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 17 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
しょうし is the reading of the following word:
小子
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Reading : しょうし   
pronoun
little child
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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 58,229 which gives a rank of 17,723
• Google Japan frequency rank: 12,000 (about 58,700,000 results)
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しょうし is the reading of the following word:
少子
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Reading : しょうし   
noun
low birth rate
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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 41,850 which gives a rank of 39,216
• Google Japan frequency rank: 39,000 (about 13,900,000 results)
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しょうし is the reading of the following word:
晶子
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Reading : しょうし   
noun
crystallite
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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 42,603 which gives a rank of 37,683
• Google Japan frequency rank: 57,000 (about 7,210,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 10849
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しょうし is the reading of the following word:
将士
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Reading : しょうし   
noun
officers and men
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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 28,294 which gives a rank of 84,408
• Google Japan frequency rank: 60,000 (about 6,510,000 results)
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しょうし is the reading of the following word:
証紙
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Reading : しょうし   
noun
(inspection or certification) stamp
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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 26,572 which gives a rank of 99,014
• Google Japan frequency rank: 89,000 (about 2,520,000 results)
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しょうし is the reading of the following word:
小史
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Reading : しょうし   
noun
short or concise history
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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 27,815 which gives a rank of 88,303
• Google Japan frequency rank: 109,000 (about 1,430,000 results)
Example sentences:
ワインラムウィスキーアメリカ
しょうし
小史
しゅへい
酒瓶
かして
わか
アメリカ
れきし
歴史
title of book, album etc.
A Short History of Wine, Rum, and Whiskey in America: By Looking Through Alcohol Bottles, You See and Understand American History
しょうし is the reading of the following word:
尚氏
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Reading : しょうし   
noun
Sho clan; royal family of the Ryukyu Kingdom
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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 23,443 which gives a rank of 122,705
• Google Japan frequency rank: 137,000 (about 689,000 results)
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しょうし is an exact match with one form of the following word:
焼死
BOOST
Reading : しょうし   
death by fire
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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 67,797 which gives a rank of 17,857
焼死 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 153,000 (about 532,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 15 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:
かじ
火事
せたい
世帯
しょうし
焼死
した

Four families were killed in the fire.
しょうし
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 242,000 (about 135,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 15 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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しょうし is the reading of the following word:
梢子
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Reading : しょうし   
noun
boatman
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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 20,833 which gives a rank of 144,116
• Google Japan frequency rank: 139,000 (about 662,000 results)
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しょうし is the reading of the following word:
笑止
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Reading : しょうし   
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity
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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 27,112 which gives a rank of 94,499
• Google Japan frequency rank: 172,000 (about 432,000 results)
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しょうし is the reading of the following word:
抄紙
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Reading : しょうし   
noun
papermaking; paper-making; paper making
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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 20,495 which gives a rank of 146,286
• Google Japan frequency rank: 200,000 (about 254,000 results)
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しょうし is the reading of the following word:
頌詩
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Reading : しょうし   
noun
admired poem
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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 16,832 which gives a rank of 163,208
• Google Japan frequency rank: 212,000 (about 176,000 results)
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しょうし is a reading of every form of the following word:
賞詞
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Reading : しょうし   
noun
(words of) praise; eulogy
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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 15,510 which gives a rank of 166,408
賞詞 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 246,000 (about 19,100 results)
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頌詞
BOOST
Reading : しょうし   
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• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 233,000 (about 65,600 results)
しょうし is the reading of the following word:
小祠
BOOST
Reading : しょうし   
noun
small hokora; small shrine  (see also: )
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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 14,073 which gives a rank of 169,058
• Google Japan frequency rank: 230,000 (about 75,200 results)
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ショウ    nitrate   
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セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ショウ    resemble   
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small
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
シ   ス   こ child   
セイ   ショウ   ただしい correct   ただ to correct   まさ precise, exact   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
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   
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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ショウ    crystal, clear   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ショウ    commander; soon   
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つめ claw; fingernail   
スン   inch
left side   じょう    しょう    
シ   samurai
ショウ    evidence   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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シ   かみ paper   
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シ    family; Mr / Mrs   うじ family name   
シ   いと thread   
シ    history   
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crossed swords
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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stick   
ショウ   furthermore
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wide mouth
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wide
ショウ   や to roast, bake, burn   やける to be burnt   
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ギョウ   たか high   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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grass   
one pair of legs
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legs
カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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eight
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ショウ   こずえ treetops   
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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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ショウ   わら to laugh   え to smile   
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bamboo
calamity   
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ショウ    selection, extraction, summary   
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hand
eulogy
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コウ   おおやけ official, public   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ム   private
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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かい shellfish   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
シ   poetry
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ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ショウ    prize   
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イン    employee   
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classroom
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cover; covered   
シ    part of speech, words, poetry   
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シ    administer   
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カ    good, possible, approval   
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hook
ほこら small shrine   
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ジ   シ   しめ to show   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
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