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2 words matching 'ほしい' found
ほしい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
欲しい
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Reading : ほしい   
1. wanted; wished for; in need of; desired  (see also: 欲しがる)
auxiliary adjective
2. I want (you) to  (after the -te form of a verb; often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 201,400 which gives a rank of 76
欲しい 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 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 3,000 (about 279,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 366 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 5494
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• 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 18 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:
わたし
なに
もの
しかった

I wanted something to eat.
クリスマス
なに
しい
ジェニー
What do you want for Christmas, Jenny?
かのじょ
彼女
そうだん
相談
あいて
相手
しい

She needs someone to turn to for advice.
ほしい
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 3,000 (about 273,000,000 results)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N5
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 4413
• 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 18 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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ほしい is a reading of every form of the following word:
乾し飯
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Reading : ほしいい   
noun
dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)
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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 27,545 which gives a rank of 90,690
乾し飯 is the most useful form. 4 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 180,000 (about 397,000 results)
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干し飯
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Reading : ほしいい   
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• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 185,000 (about 373,000 results)
乾飯
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Reading : ほしいい   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 231,000 (about 72,100 results)
干飯
BOOST
Reading : ほしいい   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 244,000 (about 25,200 results)
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Readings : ほしい    ほしいい   
糒 can be read in 2 ways: ほしい (80%), ほしいい (20%).
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 202,000 (about 243,000 results)
ヨク   ほしい want   ほっする to want   
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ケツ   か to lack   かける to be lacking   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
corner
コク   たに valley   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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カン   かわ to dry up   かわかす to dry, desiccate    
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to beg, request   
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オツ    #2, second, B; fish hook   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ten times earlier
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はや early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ハン   めし boiled rice, food   
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ハン   ホン   タン    anti-   そらす to bend, to warp   そ to be warped, curved   
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また again   
cliff
eat; food
カン   dry; drying frame   ひ to get dry   ほ to dry (something), to air   
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