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曽て is an exact match with one form of the following word:
かつて
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1. once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-  (often written with kana only)
2. never yet; never before; first time; still not happened  (used with neg. verb; often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 138,210 which gives a rank of 1,840
かつて is the most useful form. 4 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 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 12,000 (about 56,500,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 5496 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 471
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
かつて
けいはん
京阪
あそ

I once visited the Kyoto-Osaka area.
わたし
かつてローマ
んだ
ことある
I once lived in Rome.
ここかつて
んでいた
です
Did you use to live here?
嘗て
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Reading : かつて   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 146,000 (about 584,000 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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都て
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Reading : かつて   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 7,000 (about 115,000,000 results)
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曽て
BOOST
Reading : かつて   
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• This form is rarely used
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曾て
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Readings : かつて    かって   
曾て can be read in 2 ways: かつて (70%), かって (30%).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 121,000 (about 1,050,000 results)
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ショウ    formerly   なめる to lick   
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シ   むね content; purport   
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さじ spoon   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ショウ   furthermore
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small
wide mouth
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ト   ツ   みやこ capital city, metropolis   
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おおざと group, community, large village   
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シャ   もの person, someone   
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old
ソウ   ゾ   formerly
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eight
デン   た rice field   
ソウ   ソ   かつ formerly   
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