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4 words matching '比' found
比 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
類い
BOOST
Reading : たぐい   
noun
1. kind; sort; type  (often written with kana only)
2. equal; match; peer  (see also: 類いする, 類いない)
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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 83,412 which gives a rank of 9,847
類い is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 46,000 (about 10,700,000 results)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 4759
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
Example sentences:
あいつ
たげい
多芸
むげい
無芸
たぐい
He is a jack-of-all-trades.
むら
には
ごらく
娯楽
たぐい
ない
There are no forms of amusement in the village.
比い
BOOST
Reading : たぐい   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 20,000 (about 32,200,000 results)
BOOST
Reading : たぐい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 800 (about 1,200,000,000 results)
BOOST
Reading : たぐい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 2,000 (about 396,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 861
比 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
ころ
BOOST
noun, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (suffix)
1. (approximate) time; around; about; toward  (ごろ when used as a suffix; often written with kana only)
2. suitable time (or condition)  (see also: 食べ頃)
3. time of year; season
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 164,620 which gives a rank of 538
ころ is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 50% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 10,000 (about 75,300,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 2889
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
ちい
さい
ころ
いぬ
こわかった
When I was little, I was afraid of dogs.
ちゅうがくせい
中学生
ころ
がっこう
学校
きらいでした
When I was a junior high school student I didn't like school.
こども
子供
ころいつも
かのじょ
彼女
あそ
んだ
もの
When I was a child, I used to play with her all the time.
BOOST
Readings : ころ    ごろ   
頃 can be read in 2 ways: ころ (70%), ごろ (30%).
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 4,000 (about 263,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 329
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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ごろ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 13,000 (about 53,300,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 2740
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BOOST
Readings : ころ    ごろ   
比 can be read in 2 ways: ごろ (50%), ころ (50%).
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 800 (about 1,200,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 1788
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比 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
BOOST
Reading : ころおい   
noun
time; period; days
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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 55,077 which gives a rank of 20,682
頃 is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 196,000 (about 263,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1931 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 329
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頃おい
BOOST
Reading : ころおい   
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• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 44,000 (about 11,600,000 results)
比おい
BOOST
Reading : ころおい   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 165,000 (about 467,000 results)
BOOST
Reading : ころおい   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 218,000 (about 120,000 results)
比 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
BOOST
Reading :   
noun, noun (suffix)
1. ratio; proportion
noun
2. match; equal
3. explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)  (see also: 六義)
4. Philippines  (see also: 比律賓; abbreviation)
noun (suffix)
5. in comparison with ...  (after a noun)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 7 (among the 20,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 61,953 which gives a rank of 15,700
比 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 800 (about 1,180,000,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 19 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
Example sentences:
にほん
日本
ぼうえき
貿易
いぞんど
依存度
GNP
として
かなら
ずしも
そう
たか
くない

Japan's dependence on foreign trade is not necessarily very high as a percentage of GNP.
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 7,000 (about 119,000,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 19 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
ルイ   たぐ kind, type   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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stick   
ヒ   くらべる to compare   
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さじ spoon   
ころ time   
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