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3 words matching 'わし' found
わし is an exact match with one form of the following word:
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Reading : わし   
I; me (used by elderly males)  (often written with kana only)
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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 42,791 which gives a rank of 37,241
私 is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 800 (about 1,150,000,000 results)
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Example sentences:
わし
ガタがきた
Have my eyes also started to fail?
じょげん
助言
むし
無視
する
など
わし
ぐろう
愚弄
する
にも
ほど
がある

How dare you ignore my advice. There’s a limit to how much you can disrespect me.
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Reading : わし   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 67,000 (about 5,040,000 results)
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わし
BOOST
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• This form is rarely used
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 2190
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わし is an exact match with one form of the following word:
和紙
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Reading : わし   
noun
washi; Japanese paper  (see also: 洋紙)
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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 70,981 which gives a rank of 11,588
和紙 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 15,000 (about 44,600,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 12 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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わし
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 41,000 (about 12,800,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 12 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
わし is an exact match with one form of the following word:
わし
BOOST
noun
eagle (Accipitridae family)  (often written with kana only)
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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 95,753 which gives a rank of 5,623
わし 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 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 41,000 (about 12,800,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 12792
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 20 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
Example sentences:
わし
なに
わる
ことしとらん
I'm not doing anything wrong!
わしメガネどこいった
Where are my glasses?
わし
とり
おう

The eagle is king of birds.
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Reading : わし   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 47,000 (about 10,400,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 7888
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 20 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
ワシ
BOOST
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• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 52,000 (about 8,570,000 results)
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ドウ   ノウ   I; myself   わし I, myself   かれ he   
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ノウ    agriculture   
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シン   たつ dragon; 7-9 am   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
cliff
キョク   melody; curve   まがる to curve, to bend (intr)   まげる to twist (tr)   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ワ   オ    peace, harmony   なご to be calmed down   なごやか calm, gentle   やわらぐ to be softened   やわらげる to soften; to alleviate   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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シ   かみ paper   
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シ    family; Mr / Mrs   うじ family name   
シ   いと thread   
わし eagle   
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チョウ   とり bird   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
reach
fire
シュウ   ジュ   employed   つ to be employed, take (a seat)   つける to employ   
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キョウ   ケイ    capital   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
lid
もっと plausible   
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lame   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
dot   
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