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7 words matching 'しょうめい' found
しょうめい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
照明
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Reading : しょうめい   
illumination; lighting
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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 123,337 which gives a rank of 2,554
照明 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 almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 2,000 (about 426,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4987 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 3539
• 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 8 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:
うすぐら
薄暗
しょうめい
照明
なか
かのじょ
彼女
かお
はっきり
えなかった

Her face was not clear in the poor light.
しょうめい
照明
ツマミ
ひと
ひかりりょう
光量
えられる
ようなっていて
きな
あか
るさ
えんしゅつ
演出
でき
出来
ようなっている
The lighting was set up to have the intensity controlled by one knob so you could produce the brightness as you want.
ひと
いない
へや
部屋
しょうめい
照明
こまめ

Take care to turn off lights in rooms when nobody's in them.
しょうめい
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 133,000 (about 755,000 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 8 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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しょうめい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
証明
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Reading : しょうめい   
proof; verification; certification
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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 142,047 which gives a rank of 1,233
証明 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 almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 7,000 (about 125,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 3014 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 2334
• 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 6 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:
かれ
むじつ
しょうめい
証明
できます
Can you establish his innocence?
わたし
まちが
間違
っていない
こと
しょうめい
証明
しよ

I'll show you that I am right.
それ
しょうめい
証明
できます
Can you prove it?
しょうめい
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 134,000 (about 735,000 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 6 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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しょうめい is a reading of one form of the following word:
松明
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Readings : たいまつ    しょうめい   
松明 can be read in 2 ways: たいまつ (almost always used), しょうめい (rare).
noun
(pine) torch; flambeau; torchlight
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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 46,281 which gives a rank of 33,736
松明 is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 107,000 (about 1,550,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 35 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
Example sentences:
ぼうえんきょう
望遠鏡
それたいまつであることわかった
It was identified by telescope as a torch.
たいまつ
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• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 130,000 (about 797,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 35 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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Readings : たいまつ    きょ   
炬 can be read in 2 ways: きょ (50%), たいまつ (50%).
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 60,000 (about 6,490,000 results)
しょうめい is the reading of the following word:
正銘
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Reading : しょうめい   
noun
genuine autograph; genuine article
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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 22,486 which gives a rank of 131,081
• Google Japan frequency rank: 160,000 (about 491,000 results)
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しょうめい is the reading of the following word:
彰明
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Reading : しょうめい   
manifest; exhibiting clearly
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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 20,663 which gives a rank of 145,222
• Google Japan frequency rank: 199,000 (about 268,000 results)
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しょうめい is the reading of the following word:
召命
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Reading : しょうめい   
noun
call; divine call
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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 21,850 which gives a rank of 137,171
• Google Japan frequency rank: 211,000 (about 177,000 results)
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しょうめい is the reading of the following word:
詔命
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Reading : しょうめい   
imperial command  (see also: 勅命)
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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 19,221 which gives a rank of 154,474
• Google Japan frequency rank: 213,000 (about 170,000 results)
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ショウ   て to shine   てらす to illuminate   てれる to be shy, to be embarrassed   
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ショウ    bright, clear   
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ショウ   め to summon   
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トウ   かたな sword   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
fire
メイ   ミョウ   あかり light   あかるい bright   あかるむ to brighten   あからむ to become luminous (at dawn)   あきらか obvious   あかす to lay bare   あ to open   あける to empty   
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ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ショウ    evidence   
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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   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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ショウ   まつ pine tree   
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コウ   おおやけ official, public   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ム   private
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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
torch
メイ    inscription   
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メイ   ミョウ   な name   
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
eight
オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ショウ    patent   
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fur, bristles, beard   
ショウ    chapter, badge, mark   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はや early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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メイ   ミョウ    life; fate   いのち life   
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assembly, gathering   
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たた to strike, beat, hit   
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seal
ショウ   imperial edict   みことのり an imperial edict   
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