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    生かす is an exact match with one form of the following word:
生かす
       BOOST
        
    
  
          Reading
            :
            いかす   
      
        'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to make (the best) use of; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to capitalise on (experience, etc)2. to let live; to keep alive
3. to revive; to resuscitate
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        Usefulness and usage:
          • Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
              • Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 150,967 which gives a rank of 732
          
              生かす 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 40% of the time
            • Google Japan frequency rank: 45,000
                                               (about 11,100,000 results)
            • This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary
        (see JLPT collections)
            • Kanshudo JLPT value = N1
            • iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4820
        (see iKnow! collections)
            • Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 4912
            • 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 12 in the EDICT word frequency file
                       (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
        活かす
       BOOST
        
  
          Reading
            :
            いかす   
      
      My flashcards:
        Usefulness and usage:
        • This form is used about 60% of the time
            • Google Japan frequency rank: 35,000
                                               (about 16,000,000 results)
            • Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 6598
        いかす
       BOOST
        
  My flashcards:
        Usefulness and usage:
        • This form is used about 10% of the time
            • Google Japan frequency rank: 107,000
                                               (about 1,540,000 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 12 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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      More dictionaries:
        
          Tangorin ⇗ |
          jisho.org ⇗ |
          Linguee ⇗ |
          ALC / 英辞郎 ⇗ |
          Weblio ⇗ |
          Weblio (例) ⇗ |
          Goo 辞書 ⇗ |
          YouGlish JA ⇗ |
          語源由来辞典 ⇗ |
          Reverso ⇗
        
      
              セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   うむ to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   おう to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
            
        
        
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