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10 words matching 'ほうし' found
ほうし is an exact match with one form of the following word:
奉仕
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Reading : ほうし   
1. service; ministry; attendance; church work
2. offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 112,941 which gives a rank of 4,288
奉仕 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: 15,000 (about 43,700,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N1
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 9798
• 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 10 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
がくせい
学生
たち
ちいき
地域
しゃかい
社会
ほうし
奉仕
しがん
志願
した

The students volunteered for community service.
かがく
科学
ぎじゅつ
技術
じんるい
人類
ほうし
奉仕
しなければ
それ
じたい
自体
むいみ
無意味
である
Technology is in itself meaningless unless it serves mankind.
その
しょくぎょう
職業
しゅよう
主要
もくてき
目的
しゃかい
社会
ほうし
奉仕
する
ことである
The prime purpose of the profession is the rendering of a public service.
ほうし
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 78,000 (about 3,530,000 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 10 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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ほうし is an exact match with one form of the following word:
法師
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Reading : ほうし   
noun
Buddhist priest; bonze
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 6 (among the 15,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 70,263 which gives a rank of 11,869
法師 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 27,000 (about 22,900,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 15634
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 24 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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ほうし
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 78,000 (about 3,530,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 24 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
ほうし is a reading of every form of the following word:
放肆
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Reading : ほうし   
licentious; self-indulgent
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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 27,448 which gives a rank of 91,591
放肆 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 44,000 (about 11,500,000 results)
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放恣
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Reading : ほうし   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 229,000 (about 79,300 results)
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ほうし is an exact match with one form of the following word:
胞子
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Reading : ほうし   
spore
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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 93,399 which gives a rank of 6,282
胞子 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: 95,000 (about 2,130,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 9807
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 37 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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ほうし
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 183,000 (about 372,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 37 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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ほうし is the reading of the following word:
方士
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Readings : ほうし    ほうじ   
方士 can be read in 2 ways: ほうじ (60%), ほうし (40%).
noun
sorcerer (in ancient China); (hermit) wizard  (archaic)
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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 25,396 which gives a rank of 112,589
• Google Japan frequency rank: 108,000 (about 1,480,000 results)
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ほうし is the reading of the following word:
奉祀
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Reading : ほうし   
enshrine
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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 21,929 which gives a rank of 136,490
• Google Japan frequency rank: 122,000 (about 999,000 results)
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ほうし is the reading of the following word:
奉伺
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Reading : ほうし   
inquiring about (one's health)
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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 21,928 which gives a rank of 136,493
• Google Japan frequency rank: 178,000 (about 406,000 results)
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ほうし is the reading of the following word:
褒詞
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Reading : ほうし   
noun
praise; eulogy
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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 21,474 which gives a rank of 143,323
• Google Japan frequency rank: 189,000 (about 349,000 results)
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ほうし is the reading of the following word:
芳枝
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Reading : ほうし   
noun
fragrant branch of flowers
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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 20,663 which gives a rank of 145,226
• Google Japan frequency rank: 199,000 (about 268,000 results)
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ほうし is the reading of the following word:
芳志
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Reading : ほうし   
noun
(your) kindness
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 6 (among the 15,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 76,962 which gives a rank of 10,464
• Google Japan frequency rank: 233,000 (about 63,800 results)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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ホウ   ブ   たてまつ to present, offer, revere   
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three men
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サン   み    みっ three   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
stick   
シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
シ   samurai
ホウ   ハッ   ホッ    method   
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キョ   コ   さ leave   
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ム   private
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
スイ   みず water   
シ    teacher; army   
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two mouths
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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one turban
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
キン   turban; cloth
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   
シ   four
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チョウ   なが long   
writing brush
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シ   selfish
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ジ   シ   つぎ next   つ to come after   
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ケツ   か to lack   かける to be lacking   
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corner
ice   
シン   こころ heart   
ホウ    placenta, sac   
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ニク body part   
ホウ   つつ to wrap   
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wrap
コ   キ   おのれ self   
シ   ス   こ child   
シ   まつ to deify, to worship   
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sign of the snake   
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ジ   シ   しめ to show   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
シ   うかが to visit; to ask   
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シ    administer   
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カ    good, possible, approval   
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hook
ホウ   ほめる to praise   
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ホ   たも to protect, safeguard   
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ホウ   ボウ   amazed   あきれる to be amazed   ほうける    ほけ    ぼける to be befuddled or slow; to go senile   
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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   ころも clothes   
シ    part of speech, words, poetry   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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ホウ   かんばしい fragrant   
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grass   
シ   えだ branch   
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シ   ささえる to support   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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また again   
シ   こころざ to plan, to intend   こころざし good intention   
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