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5 words matching 'ます' found
ます is an exact match with one form of the following word:
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Reading : ます   
noun
1. measuring container; measure
2. box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
3. square on a grid; cell of a grid  (esp. マス)
4. square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)  (this meaning is restricted to form 斗)
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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 86,962 which gives a rank of 8,728
升 is the most useful form. 5 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 3,000 (about 341,000,000 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)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
Example sentences:
ます
けて
なさい
Begin to write, leaving one space blank.
さいそく
催促
ましくて
きょうしゅく
恐縮
です
せんじつ
先日
した
かね
かえ
していた
だけません
I'm afraid this sounds like a demand, but could you return the money I lent you the other day?
あたら
しい
せかい
世界
なる
おも
ます
I think it will be a new world.
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Reading : ます   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 3,000 (about 286,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 3602
ます
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 200 (about 4,380,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 551
• 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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Reading : ます   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 70,000 (about 4,590,000 results)
BOOST
Reading : ます   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 71,000 (about 4,450,000 results)
マス
BOOST
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 19,000 (about 34,600,000 results)
ます is an exact match with one form of the following word:
ます
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noun
trout; sea trout  (often written with kana only)
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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 78,752 which gives a rank of 9,194
ます is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 200 (about 4,350,000,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 32 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
Example sentences:
この
みずうみ
ます
おお

This lake abounds in trout.
かれ
おお
きな
マス
げた

He landed a big trout.
かれ
かわ
マス
った

They fished the stream for trout.
マス
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 19,000 (about 34,300,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 3641
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Reading : ます   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 78,000 (about 3,520,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 32 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
ます is an exact match with one form of the following word:
増す
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Reading : ます   
'su' godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
to increase; to grow
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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 117,074 which gives a rank of 3,085
増す 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 rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 26,000 (about 24,300,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N3
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 3368 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 5979
• 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 47 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
きょうみ
興味
した

My interest quickened.
たたか
ようそう
様相
かれつ
苛烈
している

The battle seems to be more severe.
かれ
あたら
しい
ほん
かれ
めいせい
名声
した

His new book added to his reputation.
ます
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 200 (about 4,280,000,000 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 47 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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ます is an exact match with the following word:
ます
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auxiliary verb
1. used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)  (see also: ませ; polite (teineigo) language)
2. used to indicate respect for those affected by the action  (archaic; humble)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 6 (among the 15,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 69,687 which gives a rank of 11,991
• Google Japan frequency rank: 200 (about 4,170,000,000 results)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 10
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ます is a reading of every form of the following word:
います
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Yodan verb with `su' ending (archaic), intransitive verb
1. to be  (honorific; archaic)
2. to go; to come  (honorific; archaic)
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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 33,873 which gives a rank of 64,044
います is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 13,000 (about 52,000,000 results)
See also:
See also: いる  
Example sentences:
そしてゆかた
まつり
はなびたいかい
花火大会
ひと
います
There are also people who dress in yukata and go to the festivals and firework displays.
あなた
めんかい
面会
したい
という
ふじん
婦人
います
There's a lady asking for you.
せいと
ひゃくにん
百人
います
There are one hundred students.
在す
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Readings : います    ます   
在す can be read in 2 ways: います (90%), ます (10%).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 31,000 (about 18,700,000 results)
坐す
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Readings : います    ます   
坐す can be read in 2 ways: います (80%), ます (20%).
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 213,000 (about 165,000 results)
ます a measure (of a drink)   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
twenty; two hands   
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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   
ト    Big Dipper   
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dot   
ます measuring box (kokuji)   
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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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ます measuring box   
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oppose; opposite   
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
wheel around
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ます sea trout; salmon   
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ソン   たっと    とうと precious, dear, exalted   たっと    とうと to set a high value on, to esteem highly   
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スン   inch
chieftain   
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ハチ   や    や    よう eight   
sake flask   とり sign of the bird   
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西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
ギョ   さかな    うお fish   
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corner
デン   た rice field   
fire
ゾウ   ま to increase/grow   ふえる to increase/multiply   ふやす to increase/augment   
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ソウ   ゾ   formerly
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eight
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ザイ   あ to exist   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
ザ   すわ to sit   
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