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つむる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
つぶる
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to close (eyes); to shut  (often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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つぶる is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 141,000 (about 633,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1298 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
かのじょ
彼女
ほん
じて
つぶった
She shut the book and closed her eyes.
あまりに
ひかり
つよ
ので
かのじょ
彼女
つぶった
She shut her eyes because the light was so strong.
かた
からといって
おも
じめん
地面
げたら
つぶらないわけではないからやめて
Just because it's hard, doesn't mean that if you throw as hard as you can at the ground it won't break to pieces, so don't.
つむる
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 199,000 (about 263,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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瞑る
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Readings : つぶる    つむる   
瞑る can be read in 2 ways: つぶる (60%), つむる (40%).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 167,000 (about 455,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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暝る
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Readings : つぶる    つむる   
暝る can be read in 2 ways: つむる (50%), つぶる (50%).
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 199,000 (about 265,000 results)
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メイ   つむ    つぶ to close an eye, close one's eyes   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
メイ   ミョウ    dark   
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cover; covered   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ロク   むっ six   む    むい    む    
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