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ほうき is an exact match with one form of the following word:
ほうき
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broom  (often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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ほうき is the most useful form. 2 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 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 55,000 (about 7,690,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4509 (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
ほうき
へや
部屋
そうじ
掃除
する

She sweeps the room with a broom.
ぱら
って
おそく
いえ
かえ
った
おこ
った
にょうぼう
女房
ていしゅ
亭主
ってかかり
ほうき
ていしゅ
亭主
ひっぱたいた
The angry wife was on the warpath; she hit her husband with a broom for coming home late and drunk.
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Reading : ほうき   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 37,000 (about 14,700,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N2
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Reading : ほうき   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 91,000 (about 2,380,000 results)
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ほうき broom   
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bamboo
broom   
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yo; yell
cover; covered   
キン   turban; cloth
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