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3 words matching 'カバ' found
カバ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
カバー
BOOST
1. cover (e.g. book); coverage
2. to compensate for (a loss); to offset (a weakness); to back up
noun
3. kava (Piper methysticum); cava; kavakava
4. cava; Spanish sparkling wine  (see also: エスプモーソ)
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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 93,827 which gives a rank of 5,950
カバー is the most useful form. 3 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 almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 1,000 (about 754,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 3303 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 1799
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
かれ
くるま
カバー
かぶ
せた

He put a cover over his car.
その
ほん
くろ
カバーかかっていた
There was a black jacket on the book.
かさぎ
笠木
カバー
ちょうるい
鳥類
ひらい
飛来
ぼうし
防止
よう

The coping cover is for prevention of birds alighting.
カヴァー
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 77,000 (about 3,750,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 9295
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カバ
BOOST
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 27,000 (about 22,600,000 results)
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See also: カバー  
カヴァ
BOOST
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 108,000 (about 1,490,000 results)
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カバ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
かば
BOOST
noun
birch (esp. Japanese white birch)  (often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 8 (among the 30,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 50,136 which gives a rank of 27,360
かば is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 49,000 (about 9,530,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 33 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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BOOST
Readings : かば    かんば    かにわ   
樺 can be read in 3 ways: かにわ (50%), かば (40%), かんば (10%).
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 27,000 (about 22,700,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 33 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
カバ
BOOST
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• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 34,000 (about 17,000,000 results)
桜皮
BOOST
Reading : かにわ   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 128,000 (about 846,000 results)
カバ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
カバ
BOOST
noun
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)  (often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 7 (among the 20,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 60,025 which gives a rank of 16,804
カバ is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 34,000 (about 17,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 18543
Example sentences:
ゆうがた
夕方
またサファリ
でか
出掛
よる
カバ
こえ
ながら
ねむ
ついた
In the evening I went out on safari again, at night I fell asleep hearing the grunting of the hippos.
河馬
BOOST
Readings : かば    かわうま   
河馬 can be read in 2 ways: かば (70%), かわうま (30%).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 81,000 (about 3,250,000 results)
かば birch   
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カ   ケ   China; Chinese   はな flower; showy; China   
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スイ   hang down; hanging   たらす to hang down, to suspend   たれる to be dangling, to drip   
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grass   
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
オウ   さくら cherry tree   
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small
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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cliff
また again   
カ   かわ river   
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カ    good, possible, approval   
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hook
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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スイ   みず water   
バ   うま horse   ま horse   
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little bird
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fire
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