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つかむ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
つかむ
BOOST
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on; to clutch  (often written with kana only)
2. to understand; to grasp; to comprehend  (often written with kana only)
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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 89,682 which gives a rank of 6,760
つかむ is the most useful form. 5 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 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 43,000 (about 11,900,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 10214
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
んで
わたしその
ほん
ぜんたい
全体
いみ
意味
つかんだ
I grasped the whole meaning of the book by reading.
わたし
たち
かれ
する
いみ
意味
つかむことできなかった
We could not get at his meaning.
けいかん
警官
げる
どろぼう
泥棒
うで
つかんだ
The policeman caught fleeing thief by the arm.
掴む
BOOST
Reading : つかむ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 54,000 (about 8,050,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 2397 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 8396
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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把む
BOOST
Reading : つかむ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 160,000 (about 494,000 results)
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捉む
BOOST
Reading : つかむ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 195,000 (about 301,000 results)
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攫む
BOOST
Reading : つかむ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 179,000 (about 401,000 results)
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摑む
BOOST
Reading : つかむ   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 230,000 (about 77,100 results)
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つかまる to be caught   つか    つかまえる to catch   
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hand
コク   くに country   
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ギョク   たま jewel   
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オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
dot   
box, enclosure   
ハ    grasp; bundle   
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ともえ comma shape, shape of magatama   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
ソク   とらえる to capture, seize   
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ソク   あし foot; leg   た to add   た    たりる to be sufficient   
snatch away
つか to catch   つかまえる to catch; to arrest; to seize   
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コク   くに country   
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a certain   
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tasseled spear
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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