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放下 is an exact match with the following word:
放下
BOOST
Readings : ほうか    ほうげ   
放下 can be read in 2 ways: ほうか (90%), ほうげ (10%).
1. discarding; abandoning  (Buddhist term; archaic)
2. variety of street performance from the Middle Ages  (this meaning is restricted to reading ほうか)
3. casting off one's attachments (in Zen)  (this meaning is restricted to reading ほうげ)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 10 (among the 100,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 35,738 which gives a rank of 50,033
• Google Japan frequency rank: 12,000 (about 59,500,000 results)
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ホウ   はな    はな to let go   はなれる to get free of   ほう to throw (away)   
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ホウ   かた way, direction   
ぼく strike   
カ   ゲ   した below, under   しも bottom part   もと under (influence)   さげる to lower, to reduce   さがる to be lowered   くだ to descend   くだ to judge   くださる to give   おろす to drop off (passenger)   おりる to get off (train)   
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