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明るい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
明るい
BOOST
Reading : あかるい   
1. bright; colourful
2. cheerful
3. familiar (with); knowledgeable (about)  (as 〜に明るい)
4. fair (e.g. politics); clean
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
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明るい 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: 9,000 (about 78,400,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 729 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 3475
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• 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 9 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:
いま
そと
あか
るい
から
ふあん
不安
ではない
It's light outside now, so I don't feel anxious.
せいねん
青年
ときもっと
あか
るかった
です
He was much more cheerful when he was a young man.
あか
るい
きぶん
気分
なる
Feel light at heart; feel happy.
明い
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Reading : あかるい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 30,000 (about 19,800,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
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あかるい
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 130,000 (about 814,000 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 9 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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メイ   ミョウ   あかり light   あかるい bright   あかるむ to brighten   あからむ to become luminous (at dawn)   あきらか obvious   あかす to lay bare   あ to open   あける to empty   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
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