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刻む is an exact match with one form of the following word:
刻む
BOOST
Reading : きざむ   
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash; to shred
2. to carve; to engrave; to chisel; to notch
3. to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to record the passing moments
4. to etch (into one's mind); to remember distinctly  (see also: 心に刻む; as 心に刻む, etc.)
5. to have tattooed  (archaic)
6. to torment  (archaic)
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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 118,017 which gives a rank of 3,403
刻む 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 almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 51,000 (about 9,100,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 3803 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 6508
• 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 14 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:
その
いし
かれ
めいにち
命日
きざ
まれていた

The stone was inscribed with the date of his death.
その
いし
きざ
まれて
おお
きな
ぞう
なった
The stone was carved into a large statue.
かれ
こころ
ちじょく
恥辱
きおく
記憶
きざ
まれた

A memory of disgrace was etched into his mind.
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きざむ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 167,000 (about 454,000 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 14 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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コク   chisel; time   きざ to chisel, engrave   
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sign of the hog; hog   い sign of the hog   いのしし hog   
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short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
lid
トウ   かたな sword   
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