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5 words matching 'せんさい' found
せんさい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
繊細
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Reading : せんさい   
1. dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; slim
2. sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
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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 82,871 which gives a rank of 8,166
繊細 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: 14,000 (about 49,600,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 15875
• 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 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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Example sentences:
かれ
こども
子供
ころ
から
せんさい
繊細
だった
He's been delicate since he was a boy.
にほん
日本
じょせい
女性
ちい
さくて
せんさい
繊細
える

Japanese women tend to look tiny and delicate.
かれ
せんさい
繊細

He is delicate.
せんさい
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 44,000 (about 11,500,000 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 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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せんさい is the reading of the following word:
剪裁
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Reading : せんさい   
cutting; trimming; shearing; pruning
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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 26,842 which gives a rank of 96,917
• Google Japan frequency rank: 39,000 (about 13,800,000 results)
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せんさい is the reading of the following word:
浅才
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Reading : せんさい   
noun
incompetence; lack of ability
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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 28,536 which gives a rank of 82,512
• Google Japan frequency rank: 98,000 (about 1,960,000 results)
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せんさい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
戦災
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Reading : せんさい   
noun
war damage
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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 84,982 which gives a rank of 7,675
戦災 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: 134,000 (about 725,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 12213
• 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 20 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
Example sentences:
かれ
せんさい
戦災
こじ
孤児
ひきとって
ようじょ
養女
として
そだ
てています

He adopted a war orphan and is bringing her up as a foster daughter.
かれ
せんさい
戦災
こじ
孤児

He is a war orphan.
せんさい
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 226,000 (about 93,400 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 20 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
せんさい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
先妻
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Reading : せんさい   
noun
former wife; late wife
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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 38,577 which gives a rank of 49,362
先妻 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 213,000 (about 169,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 41 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
Example sentences:
しせいかつ
私生活
せんさくしないで
Don't pry into my private life.
せんさい
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 226,000 (about 93,400 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 41 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
セン    slender, fine   
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ten spears
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
tasseled spear
almost lined up
シ   いと thread   
サイ   ほそ thin   ほそ to get thin, taper off   こま    こまかい detailed, fine   
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デン   た rice field   
セン   はさ to snip, to clip   
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ゼン   まえ before   
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the body part and the sword
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ニク body part   
トウ   かたな sword   
grass   
トウ   かたな sword   
サイ   さば to pass judgment, pass judgement   た to cut (cloth etc.)   
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イ   ころも clothes   
セン   あさ shallow, superficial   
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three spears
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サン   み    みっ three   
スイ   みず water   
サイ    genius   
セン   いくさ battle, war   たたか to do battle   
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タン    simple   
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small
サイ   わざわ disaster   
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wavy river   
カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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eight
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
セン   さき ahead   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
legs
サイ   つま wife   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
slashed yo
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yo; yell
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