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4 words matching 'しょうぶ' found
しょうぶ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
勝負
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Reading : しょうぶ   
victory or defeat; match; contest; game; bout
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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 140,366 which gives a rank of 1,340
勝負 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 69,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N2
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 3254 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 3035
• 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:
こどく
孤独
かた
たなければ
しょうぶ
勝負
てない
fragment, headline etc.
If one does not conquer loneliness, one cannot win a game
ゆっくりでも
ちゃくじつ
着実
やってゆけば
しょうぶ
勝負

Slow and steady wins the race.
しょうぶ
勝負
もんだい
問題
ない
It doesn't matter whether you win or not.
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しょうぶ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 68,000 (about 4,880,000 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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しょうぶ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
菖蒲
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Readings : しょうぶ    そうぶ   
菖蒲 can be read in 2 ways: そうぶ (50%), しょうぶ (50%).
noun
1. sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus
2. Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)  (see also: 花菖蒲; colloquialism)
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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 45,326 which gives a rank of 35,880
菖蒲 is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 43,000 (about 12,100,000 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)
Example sentences:
その
ていえん
庭園
しょうぶ
菖蒲
めいしょ
名所

The garden is famous for its irises.
いけ
ほとり
はな
ショウブ
きれい
綺麗
いていました

Many Japanese irises were flowering prettily on the lake's edge.
しょうぶ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 68,000 (about 4,870,000 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)
ショウブ
BOOST
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 174,000 (about 423,000 results)
しょうぶ is the reading of the following word:
尚武
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Reading : しょうぶ   
noun
militarism; warlike spirit
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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 27,013 which gives a rank of 95,435
• Google Japan frequency rank: 82,000 (about 3,140,000 results)
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しょうぶ is the reading of the following word:
小部
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Reading : しょうぶ   
noun
(of a book, etc.) short  (opposite: 大部)
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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 31,564 which gives a rank of 65,091
• Google Japan frequency rank: 90,000 (about 2,510,000 results)
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ショウ   か to win   まさ to be better than   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
チン    royal 'we', emperor's pronoun   
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ニク body part   
relation
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eight
テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
フ   まかす to defeat   まける to be defeated   お to carry (on one's back)   
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
corner
ショウ    iris (flower)   
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ショウ    prosperous   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
grass   
ホ    bulrush   
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うら inlet, bay   
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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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stick   
dot   
スイ   みず water   
ショウ   furthermore
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small
wide mouth
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ブ   ム    military   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
shoot
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ブ   part
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standing mouths
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
おおざと group, community, large village   
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