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希少 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
希少
BOOST
Reading : きしょう   
scarce; rare
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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 80,226 which gives a rank of 8,798
希少 is the most useful form. 2 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 used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 7,000 (about 125,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 12373
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 16 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:
こだい
古代
において
しお
きしょう
希少
きちょう
貴重
しょうひん
商品
であった
Salt was a rare and costly commodity in ancient times.
きしょう
希少
やせい
野生
どうぶつ
動物
この
くに
ゆにゅう
輸入
する
こと
げんきん
厳禁
されています

The importation of rare wild animals to this country is strictly prohibited.
おそらく
ちょうき
長期
にわたって
しゅと
首都
おそ
った
しぜん
自然
さいがい
災害
ためこの
じだい
時代
かん
する
げんそん
現存
する
きろく
記録
ことに
きしょう
希少
である
Records are particularly scarce for this era, perhaps owing to a long series of natural disasters which befell the capital.
きしょう
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 146,000 (about 590,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 16 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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稀少
BOOST
Reading : きしょう   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 27,000 (about 23,100,000 results)
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キ   rare
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crossed swords
フ   ぬの cloth   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
キン   turban; cloth
ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
キ   まれ rare   
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grain
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