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2 words matching '化ける' found
化ける is an exact match with one form of the following word:
老ける
BOOST
Reading : ふける   
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
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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 85,205 which gives a rank of 9,227
老ける is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 115,000 (about 1,230,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
あごひげある
ため
かれ
じっさい
実際
より10
さい
ほど
けて
えた

His beard made him look 10 years older.
かれ
けて
える

He looks old for his age.
かれ
とし
わり
けて
える

He looks old for his age.
化ける
BOOST
Reading : ふける   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 84,000 (about 2,970,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 14990
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ふける
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 106,000 (about 1,600,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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化ける is an exact match with the following word:
化ける
BOOST
Reading : ばける   
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to turn oneself into; to transform oneself into
2. to disguise oneself as
3. to change radically; to metamorphose
4. to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 81,937 which gives a rank of 10,620
• Google Japan frequency rank: 83,000 (about 3,020,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• 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 32 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
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Example sentences:
れいさいきぎょう
零細企業
ホームページ
はんじょうてん
繁盛店
けた
わけ
理由
title of book, album etc.
How a Small Business’s Website Turned Into a Successful Online Store
ねこ
ける
われる

It is said that cats can shape-change.
たいきばんせい
大器晩成
おおもの
大物
われて
ひさ
しい
けど
かれ
いつなったら
ける

I haven't heard anyone call him a late bloomer in a while. But I do wonder when he's going to grow up.
ロウ   old   おいる    ふける to grow old   
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old
さじ spoon   
カ   ケ   ばける to change   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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