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3 words matching 'すます' found
すます is an exact match with one form of the following word:
澄ます
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Reading : すます   
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to clear; to make clear
2. to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to feign indifference
3. to look demure; to look prim; to put on airs
4. to strain (one's ears); to listen carefully  (see also: 耳を澄ます:みみをすます)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 86,226 which gives a rank of 8,941
澄ます 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 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 177,000 (about 411,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 42 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
あの
しゃちょう
社長
ひしょ
秘書
いつも
ましている

That company president’s secretary always puts on airs.
だいとうりょう
大統領
こと
みみ
ました

I strained to hear what the President said.
あの
しゃちょう
社長
ひしょ
秘書
いつも
ましている

That president's secretary is always prim.
すます
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 61,000 (about 6,280,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 42 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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清ます
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Reading : すます   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 24,000 (about 25,900,000 results)
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すます is an exact match with one form of the following word:
済ます
BOOST
Reading : すます   
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to finish; to get it over with; to conclude
2. to settle; to pay back
3. to get along (without something); to make do with (without); to dispense (with)  (see also: なしで済ます; often with で)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 91,155 which gives a rank of 7,674
済ます 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 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 95,000 (about 2,130,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 5185 (see iKnow! collections)
• 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 28 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:
わたしたち
私達
なんにち
何日
あいだ
すいみん
睡眠
なし
ます
ことできない
We cannot dispense with sleep for too many days.
きみ
かのじょ
彼女
った
こと
じょうだん
冗談
まされない

What you said to her isn't accepted as a joke.
わたし
ただ
いちにち
1日
でさえこの
じしょ
辞書
なしで
ます
こと
でき
出来
ない

I cannot do without this dictionary even for a single day.
すます
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 162,000 (about 479,000 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 28 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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すます is the reading of the following word:
澄ます
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Reading : すます   
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 10 (among the 100,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 32,556 which gives a rank of 68,898
• Google Japan frequency rank: 155,000 (about 503,000 results)
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チョウ   す to become clear   すます to make clear    
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トウ   ト   のぼ to climb   
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トウ   ズ   まめ bean   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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grass   
hairy legs
スイ   みず water   
セイ   ショウ   きよ clean, clear   きよめる purify   きよまる be purified   
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セイ   ショウ   あお-    あお blue   
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シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
サイ   finish   す to be finished   すます to be through with   
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セイ    equal   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
stick   
ブン   モン    literature   ふみ a letter   
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