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いかす 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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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)
• 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)
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Example sentences:
その
さかな
かしておこ

I will keep the fish alive.
かして
おかぬ
He must not live.
かれ
じぶん
自分
けいけん
経験
うまく
かした

He turned his experience to good account.
活かす
BOOST
Reading : いかす   
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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
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いかす
BOOST
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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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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 to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
カツ    activity, resuscitation   
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ゼツ   した tongue   
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セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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スイ   みず water   
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