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外観 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
外観
BOOST
Reading : がいかん   
appearance; exterior; facade
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外観 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: 8,000 (about 99,400,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N1
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 5116 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 4667
• 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:
もんだい
問題
その
ほんしつ
本質
よりむしろ
がいかん
外観
である
The question is not so much what it is as how it looks.
Windows Media Player
あたら
しい
スキン
にゅうしゅ
入手
プレーヤー
がいかん
外観
えてみましょう

Why don't you try out getting a new Windows Media Player skin and changing the player's look?
ひと
かち
価値
その
ひと
がいかん
外観
むかんけい
無関係

A man's worth has nothing to do with his appearance.
がいかん
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 108,000 (about 1,490,000 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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ガイ   ゲ   そと outside   ほか other   はず to remove, mislead   はずれる to come off, to miss   
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
divining rod
カン    outlook   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
little bird
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ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
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