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12 words matching 'せいそう' found
せいそう is an exact match with one form of the following word:
清掃
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Reading : せいそう   
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
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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 109,982 which gives a rank of 3,783
清掃 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: 8,000 (about 93,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N2
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 9508
• 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 9 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:
じかん
時間
あまりないわかるけどせめてげんかん
せいそう
清掃
してほしい
んだ
I understand there isn't much time, but I want you to at least clean the entrance.
ここまでひどくなっている
せいそう
清掃
サービス
ねが
せざるを
ない
おも
います

Since it is this bad, I think we have no option but to get a cleaning service to do it.
かれ
せいそう
清掃
しごと
仕事
じゅうじ
従事
する
ひと
たち
へいわてき
平和的
ちんぎん
賃金
ろうどう
労働
じょうけん
条件
かいぜん
改善
ようきゅう
要求
する
ストライキする
しえん
支援
する
ためにそこ
っていた

He had gone there to help garbage workers strike peacefully for better pay and working conditions.
せいそう
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 208,000 (about 201,000 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 9 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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せいそう is the reading of the following word:
清爽
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Readings : せいそう    かわらか   
清爽 can be read in 2 ways: かわらか (70%), せいそう (30%).
2. neat; tidy; trim
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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 30,828 which gives a rank of 68,345
• Google Japan frequency rank: 11,000 (about 67,600,000 results)
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Example sentences:
あの
いえ
せいそう
清爽
かねばならない
です
Do I have to clean myself up to go to their house?
この
みせ
せいそう
清爽
ねが
いします

You are expected to appear well here at the shop.
せいそう is an exact match with one form of the following word:
正装
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Reading : せいそう   
uniform; full dress
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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 62,866 which gives a rank of 15,246
正装 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 36,000 (about 15,800,000 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 32 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
せいそう
正装
しなければなりません

Must we dress up?
かれ
にゅうよく
入浴
して
せいそう
正装
した

He bathed and dressed.
せいそう
正装
ちゃくよう
着用
です
Formal dress must be worn.
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 208,000 (about 200,000 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 32 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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せいそう is the reading of the following word:
盛装
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Reading : せいそう   
dressed up; wearing rich clothes
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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 38,357 which gives a rank of 45,234
• Google Japan frequency rank: 59,000 (about 6,780,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N1
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Example sentences:
かのじょ
彼女
せいそう
盛装
してパーティー
しゅっせき
出席
した

She attended the party dressed to the nines.
かのじょ
彼女
パーティー
かける
ために
せいそう
盛装
した

She dressed up for the party.
かのじょ
彼女
せいそう
盛装
して
パーティー
かけて
った

She dressed up and left for the party.
せいそう is the reading of the following word:
精巣
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Reading : せいそう   
testicle  (anatomical term)
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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 26,277 which gives a rank of 101,176
• Google Japan frequency rank: 94,000 (about 2,190,000 results)
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せいそう is the reading of the following word:
正相
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Reading : せいそう   
in phase; in-phase; co-phase
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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 31,176 which gives a rank of 66,762
• Google Japan frequency rank: 96,000 (about 2,090,000 results)
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せいそう is the reading of the following word:
聖槍
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Reading : せいそう   
noun
holy lance; sacred spear
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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 22,080 which gives a rank of 135,050
• Google Japan frequency rank: 120,000 (about 1,060,000 results)
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せいそう is the reading of the following word:
星霜
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Reading : せいそう   
noun
years; time
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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 23,793 which gives a rank of 120,207
• Google Japan frequency rank: 131,000 (about 784,000 results)
Example sentences:
せいそう
星霜
わた
title of book, album etc.
Lasting for Months and Years
せいそう is an exact match with one form of the following word:
政争
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Reading : せいそう   
noun
political strife
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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 60,159 which gives a rank of 16,703
政争 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 146,000 (about 587,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 14 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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せいそう
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 207,000 (about 185,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 14 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
せいそう is the reading of the following word:
成層
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Reading : せいそう   
noun
stratification
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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 24,659 which gives a rank of 113,957
• Google Japan frequency rank: 170,000 (about 439,000 results)
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せいそう is the reading of the following word:
盛粧
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Reading : せいそう   
noun
thick makeup; heavy makeup  (see also: 厚化粧)
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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 22,050 which gives a rank of 135,341
• Google Japan frequency rank: 174,000 (about 423,000 results)
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せいそう is a reading of every form of the following word:
悽愴
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Reading : せいそう   
pathetic; dreadful
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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 13,955 which gives a rank of 169,268
悽愴 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 233,000 (about 62,600 results)
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凄愴
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Reading : せいそう   
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• Google Japan frequency rank: 247,000 (about 17,100 results)
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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   
スイ   みず water   
ソウ   は to sweep   
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hand
broom   
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yo; yell
cover; covered   
キン   turban; cloth
ソウ   さわやか refreshing   
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divination
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crossed swords
crossed swords
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   
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   
ソウ   ショウ   よそお to wear; to pretend   
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ソウ    manly, strong   
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left side   じょう    しょう    
シ   samurai
イ   ころも clothes   
セイ   ジョウ   さか popular; enthusiastic   さか prosper, flourish   も serve, heap up (food)   
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さら dish   
セイ   ジョウ   な to become   な to perform, to accomplish   
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tasseled spear
wrap
セイ   ショウ    vitality, spirit, energy; essence   
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ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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stick   
ソウ   す a nest   
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small
カ    result   はたす to carry out   は end, extremity   はてる to come to an end   
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デン   た rice field   
ソウ   ショウ    minister   あい- mutual   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
セイ    holy   
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ジ   みみ ear   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
やり spear   
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ソウ   くら storehouse   
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assembly, gathering   
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corpse
セイ   ショウ   ほし star   
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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   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ソウ   しも frost   
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フ   あめ rain   
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セイ   ショウ   まつりごと government   
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ぼく strike   
ソウ   あらそ to contend, to compete, to contest; to argue, to dispute   
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corner
slashed yo
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ソウ    level, layer   
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ソウ   ゾ   formerly
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ショウ    cosmetics   
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ショウ    level   
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广
stony cliff
ソウ   sadness   いたましい pitiful   いた to hurt   
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heart
セイ    weird   
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ice   
サイ   つま wife   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
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