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2 words matching '左右' found
左右 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
左右
BOOST
Readings : さゆう    そう    さう   
左右 can be read in 3 ways: さゆう (60%), そう (30%), さう (10%).
1. left and right
2. influence; control; domination
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 184,272 which gives a rank of 44
左右 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 used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 2,000 (about 526,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1982 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 2476
• 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 6 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:
しんぶん
新聞
どうこう
動向
さゆう
左右
する

Newspapers influence the current of time.
かれ
へんじ
返事
かれ
きぶん
気分
さゆう
左右
される

His answer depends on his mood.
にんげん
人間
いわば
かんじょう
感情
さゆう
左右
される
もの
である
Human beings are emotional creatures, so to speak.
さゆう
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 21,000 (about 31,100,000 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 6 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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左右 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
とかく
BOOST
1. (doing) various things; (doing) this and that  (often written with kana only)
2. being apt to; being prone to; tending to become  (often written with kana only)
3. somehow or other; anyhow; anyway  (often written with kana only)
4. rabbit horns (used as a metaphor for things that do not exist)  (see also: 亀毛兎角; Buddhist term; this meaning is restricted to form 兎角)
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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 52,840 which gives a rank of 23,381
とかく is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 97,000 (about 2,040,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
じこ
事故
とかく
こりがち
もの
Accidents will happen.
あの
ひと
とかくうわさあった
There were some unsavory rumors about him.
わか
ひと
とかくそんなふうに
こうどう
行動
する
もの
Young people are apt to behave that way.
左右
BOOST
Reading : とかく   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 207,000 (about 183,000 results)
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兎角
BOOST
Reading : とかく   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 207,000 (about 210,000 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
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サ   ひだり left   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
ウ   ユウ   みぎ right   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ト   うさぎ rabbit   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
lame   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
dot   
カク   corner; horn   かど corner   つの horn   
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corner
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
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