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ことわざ
BOOST
noun
proverb; maxim  (often written with kana only)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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ことわざ 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: 48,000 (about 10,100,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4236 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
Example sentences:
かのじょ
彼女
ことわざいくつ
っている

She knows many proverbs.
にほん
日本
どうよう
同様
ことわざあります
Do you have a similar saying in Japanese?
そのことわざ
わたしたち
私達
よく
っている

The proverb is familiar.
BOOST
Reading : ことわざ   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 71,000 (about 4,380,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
ゲン   ことわざ idiom   
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boy
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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