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緊張 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
緊張
BOOST
Reading : きんちょう   
tension; mental strain; nervousness
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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緊張 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 9,000 (about 84,600,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1398 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 8432
• 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 3 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:
きんちょう
緊張
する
はな
せなくなる

Whenever I'm nervous I can't talk.
きのう
昨日
から
きんちょう
緊張
している

I've been nervous since yesterday.
おこ
たり
きんちょう
緊張
する
くび
つる
I feel the tension in my neck, where it gets sore and stiff.
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きんちょう
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 201,000 (about 253,000 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 3 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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キン    tight, tense, hard   
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かた hard   
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シン   ジン    subject, retainer   
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また again   
シ   いと thread   
チョウ   は to stretch   
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チョウ   なが long   
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
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