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15 words matching 'ほうか' found
ほうか is a reading of every form of the following word:
包か
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Reading : ほうか   
noun
wrapping; envelopment
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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 34,058 which gives a rank of 55,846
包か is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 22,000 (about 29,400,000 results)
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Reading : ほうか   
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• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 15,000 (about 45,300,000 results)
ほうか is the reading of the following word:
放下
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Readings : ほうか    ほうげ   
放下 can be read in 2 ways: ほうか (90%), ほうげ (10%).
1. discarding; abandoning  (Buddhist term; archaic)
2. variety of street performance from the Middle Ages  (this meaning is restricted to reading ほうか)
3. casting off one's attachments (in Zen)  (this meaning is restricted to reading ほうげ)
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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 35,738 which gives a rank of 50,033
• Google Japan frequency rank: 12,000 (about 59,500,000 results)
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ほうか is the reading of the following word:
半靴
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Readings : はんぐつ    ほうか    はんか   
半靴 can be read in 3 ways: はんか (50%), ほうか (50%), はんぐつ (rare).
noun
1. low shoes; shoes  (this meaning is restricted to reading はんぐつ)
2. informal riding shoes without an ankle strap
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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 35,263 which gives a rank of 51,494
• Google Japan frequency rank: 20,000 (about 33,000,000 results)
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ほうか is a reading of one form of the following word:
烽火
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Readings : のろし    ほうか   
烽火 can be read in 2 ways: のろし (70%), ほうか (30%).
noun
1. beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; smoke signals
2. starting shot; starting signal
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 9 (among the 50,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 39,991 which gives a rank of 46,965
烽火 is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 32,000 (about 18,100,000 results)
Example sentences:
むかし
かれ
のろし
つうしん
通信
していた

In the early days people communicated by smoke signals.
狼烟
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Readings : のろし    ろうえん   
狼烟 can be read in 2 ways: のろし (70%), ろうえん (30%).
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 87,000 (about 2,720,000 results)
狼煙
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Readings : のろし    ろうえん   
狼煙 can be read in 2 ways: ろうえん (80%), のろし (20%).
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 101,000 (about 1,790,000 results)
のろし
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 183,000 (about 365,000 results)
ほうか is an exact match with one form of the following word:
放火
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Reading : ほうか   
arson; setting fire
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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 95,041 which gives a rank of 5,755
放火 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: 31,000 (about 19,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 10997
• 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:
ジャック
ほうか
放火
つか
まった

Jack was caught for setting fire to the house.
だれ
その
いえ
ほうか
放火
した

Someone set fire to the house.
かれ
じぶん
自分
いえ
ほうか
放火
した
He set his house on fire.
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 80,000 (about 3,330,000 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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ほうか is a reading of every form of the following word:
蜂か
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Reading : ほうか   
noun
beehive; hive; honeycomb  (see also: 蜂の巣)
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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 30,593 which gives a rank of 69,526
蜂か is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 38,000 (about 14,600,000 results)
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蜂窩
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Reading : ほうか   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 96,000 (about 2,090,000 results)
ほうか is the reading of the following word:
法貨
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Reading : ほうか   
noun
legal currency
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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 31,051 which gives a rank of 67,353
• Google Japan frequency rank: 55,000 (about 7,700,000 results)
Example sentences:
つうか
通貨
すなわち
とうじ
当時
だれ
もち
いていた
かた
したが
えば
つうじょう
通常
おうこく
王国
ほうか
法貨
あた
える
わり
やと
ぬし
じゅうぎょういん
従業員
だいよう
代用
かへい
貨幣
あたえていましたそしてこの
だいよう
代用
かへい
貨幣
きんぞく
金属
だったり
だったり
あつがみ
厚紙
だったりしました
Instead of giving the money, that is the normal coin of the realm, which is the phrase that everyone used then, they would give them a token, and this token might be metal, might be wood, might be cardboard.
この
ほうりつ
法律
さだ
めた
ほうか
法貨
いがい
以外
ちんぎん
賃金
しきゅう
支給
いほう
違法
ということです
What these acts said was that it was illegal to pay someone in anything other than coin of the realm.
ほうか is the reading of the following word:
邦家
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Reading : ほうか   
noun
country; one's own country
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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 28,043 which gives a rank of 86,411
• Google Japan frequency rank: 64,000 (about 5,570,000 results)
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ほうか is the reading of the following word:
放歌
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Reading : ほうか   
loud singing
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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 31,539 which gives a rank of 65,205
• Google Japan frequency rank: 90,000 (about 2,480,000 results)
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Example sentences:
うち
やすで
安手
いざかや
居酒屋
じゃないですから
ほうか
放歌
こうぎん
高吟
ことわ

Would you please stop singing so loudly? This is not a cheap drinking place.
ほうか is the reading of the following word:
法家
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Reading : ほうか   
noun
1. lawyer
2. legalism (school of Chinese philosophy)
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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 31,514 which gives a rank of 65,320
• Google Japan frequency rank: 90,000 (about 2,450,000 results)
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ほうか is the reading of the following word:
法科
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Reading : ほうか   
noun
law department; law school
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 9 (among the 50,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 44,569 which gives a rank of 34,034
• Google Japan frequency rank: 91,000 (about 2,410,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 11910
Example sentences:
かれ
ほうか
法科
がくせい
学生

He is an undergraduate in the law department.
ほうか is an exact match with one form of the following word:
砲火
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Reading : ほうか   
noun
gunfire; fire
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 8 (among the 30,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 52,065 which gives a rank of 24,345
砲火 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 104,000 (about 1,650,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 23 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
Example sentences:
その
へいし
兵士
たち
てき
ほうか
砲火
さらされた
The soldiers were exposed to the enemy's fire.
かれ
てき
ほうか
砲火
さらされた
They were exposed to the enemy's gunfire.
てき
われわれ
我々
ほうか
砲火
おうしゅう
応酬
した

The enemy answered our fire.
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 151,000 (about 531,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 23 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
ほうか is the reading of the following word:
放課
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Reading : ほうか   
noun
dismissal of a class  (see also: 放課後)
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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 23,633 which gives a rank of 121,329
• Google Japan frequency rank: 194,000 (about 312,000 results)
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ほうか is the reading of the following word:
砲架
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Reading : ほうか   
noun
gun mount; gun carriage
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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 19,971 which gives a rank of 149,865
• Google Japan frequency rank: 206,000 (about 215,000 results)
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ほうか is the reading of the following word:
邦貨
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Reading : ほうか   
noun
Japanese money
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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 15,587 which gives a rank of 166,245
• Google Japan frequency rank: 235,000 (about 55,400 results)
Example sentences:
どこ
ほうか
邦貨
ドル
えられる

Where can we exchange yen into dollars?
ホウ   つつ to wrap   
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wrap
コ   キ   おのれ self   
ホウ   つつ to wrap   
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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   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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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   
stick   
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
lid
ホウ   はな    はな to let go   はなれる to get free of   ほう to throw (away)   
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ホウ   かた way, direction   
ぼく strike   
カ   ゲ   した below, under   しも bottom part   もと under (influence)   さげる to lower, to reduce   さがる to be lowered   くだ to descend   くだ to judge   くださる to give   おろす to drop off (passenger)   おりる to get off (train)   
ハン   なか half   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
eight
カ   くつ shoes   
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カ   ケ   ばける to change   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
さじ spoon   
カク   かわ leather   
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チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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廿
twenty; 20   にじゅう twenty   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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ロウ   おおかみ wolf   
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リョウ   よ good   
ケン   いぬ dog   
エン   けむり smoke   けむ to smoke (chimney etc.)   けむ smoky   
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west
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ホウ   はち bee, wasp, hornet   
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チュウ   むし insect   
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dot   
resist   
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go
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ladder
カ    cave; pouch   
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ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
gossip; dishonest   
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wide mouth
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wide
ホウ   ハッ   ホッ    method   
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キョ   コ   さ leave   
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ム   private
スイ   みず water   
カ    freight   
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かい shellfish   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ホウ    home country, country, Japan   
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おおざと group, community, large village   
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カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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pig
カ   うた to sing   うた song   
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ケツ   か to lack   かける to be lacking   
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corner
カ    good, possible, approval   
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hook
カ    department   
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grain
ト    Big Dipper   
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ホウ    cannon   
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セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
カ    lesson; section   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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カ   かける to erect   かかる to be erected    
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カ   くわえる to add to   くわわる to join, to be added to   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
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