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すう is an exact match with one form of the following word:
吸う
BOOST
Reading : すう   
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to smoke; to breathe in; to inhale
2. to suck; to sip; to slurp
3. to absorb; to soak up
4. to kiss
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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 138,440 which gives a rank of 1,464
吸う 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 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 45,000 (about 11,300,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1060 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 9639
• 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 34 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:
ちち
タバコ
やめた
My father stopped smoking.
かれ
きょねん
去年
たばこ
やめた
He stopped smoking last year.
わたし
たばこ
煙草
わず
いられなかった
I could not refrain from smoking.
すう
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 79,000 (about 3,480,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 14170
• 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 34 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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喫う
BOOST
Reading : すう   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 158,000 (about 505,000 results)
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キュウ   す to suck, inhale   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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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   
キツ    eat, drink, smoke   
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ケイ   ちぎ to pledge, vow, promise   
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the master with the sword
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シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
トウ   かたな sword   
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   
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